VesselsEgyptian3rd millennium BCE

BOWL

c. 3000 BCE-2000 BCE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Carved

Medium

Alabaster

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Predynastic period to Old Kingdom

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

actual: 9.1 x 7.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

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