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Tall shouldered jar with lug handles and stand

1550–1070 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsHeight x width: 12.9 x 7.2 cm (5 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.484
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ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)