VesselsEgyptian3rd millennium BCE

Jar

Old Kingdom or later

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Alabaster

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Old Kingdom

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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