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Model vase

2040–1783 B.C.
FindspotDeir el-Bersha, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueFaience
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number21.381
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsModels
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, pit A. May 1915: 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: March 1, 1921)
Model of a volute shell
2040–about 1640 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model vessel
1400–1390 B.C.
Group shot (clockwise from lower left): 03.1086, 03.1089, 03.1103a-c, 03.1098, 03.1096, 03.1095
1400–1390 B.C.
Model fruit
2960–2770 B.C.
Model food,  fruit (?)
760–332 B.C.
Model food offering
760–332 B.C.