Oil flask (alabastron) in the form of a sitting ape
1st to 2nd century A.D.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
Dimensions10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.442
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Not on viewClassificationsVessels
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ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).
600–575 B.C.
A.D. 200–250
about 470 B.C.
about 550 B.C.
second half of 4th century B.C.
1784–1668 B.C.
about 350–340 B.C.
760–740 B.C.
about 600–575 B.C.
about 1365–1200 B.C.