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Shouldered jar with vertical handles (amphora)

1550–1295 B.C.
Object Place for LabelSaqqara, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 34.8 x 22 cm (13 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBy exchange with the Peabody Museum, Harvard
Accession number44.30
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On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Saqqara. 1859: collected in Egypt by Mrs. J. H. Wells; 1879: purchased by the Peabody Museum, Harvard University (Peabody Museum 19818); January 21, 1937: received by the MFA through exchange with Peabody Museum, Harvard University. (Accession date: January 7, 1944).