Cylindrical beaker

3200–2600 B.C.

FindspotZawyet el-Aryan, Egypt

Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)

DimensionsHeight: 14.8cm (5 13/16in.)

Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Accession number11.2463

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ClassificationsVessels

Collections

Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Grave Z 132. 1910-11: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.

(Accession date: October 19, 1911)

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