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Squat vessel with pierced lug handles

3100–2705 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueCarbonate breccia
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 8.4 x 15 cm (3 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number00.686
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, cemetery G. 1900: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie and Arthur Cruttenden Mace for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund.
(Accession Date: November 1, 1900)