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Stone dish

2750–2649 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueAnorthosite gneiss
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 5 x 19 cm (1 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number01.7284
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Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, tomb of King Khasekhemwy. 1901: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie 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: August 1, 1901)
Group shot: 72.574, 24.734, 03.1529
2350–2170 B.C.
Straight sided beaker
2323–2150 B.C.
Ovoid jar
2490–2472 B.C.
Spouted bowl
2490–2472 B.C.
Group shot: 11.388, 11.461, 11.770, 11.514, 11.604, 11.620, 21.2617, 21.3093, 21.2609
2575–2465 B.C.
Convex dish
2490–2472 B.C.
Round-bottomed bowl
2575–2465 B.C.
Round-bottomed dish
2575–2465 B.C.
Straight-sided beaker
2575–2465 B.C.