Hemicylindrical box with lid
1336–1295 B.C.
Place of Originsaid to be from Saqqara, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueWood
Dimensionsheight x width x length of (a): 3.4 x 7.5 x 15.5 cm (1 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Length x width x depth of (b): 14.4 x 5.4 x .5 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Length x width x depth of (b): 14.4 x 5.4 x .5 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.493a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceEgypt (said to be from Saqqara); by 1898: MacGregor collection, Tamworth, England (published in Revue Archaeologique, 1898); 1922: purchased at MacGregor collection sale, Sotheby's, June 26-July 6, 1922, by William Randolph Hearst; 1940: purchased by Joseph Brummer from the International Art Corp (William Randolph Hearst); 1949: purchased by the MFA at the second Parke-Bernet sale of the Joseph Brummer collection (May 11, 1949, stock no. N4651) for $375.
(Accession Date: June 9, 1949)
(Accession Date: June 9, 1949)
2061–1640 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
2500–2350 B.C.
about A.D. 1970–1984
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
3rd century A.D.
about 100 B.C.–A.D. 300
1550–1070 B.C.
