Cylindrical Vessel or Stand for Offering Table
ca. 2675-2170 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
This object may have been a container but was more probably used as a stand for a disk-shaped stone offering table. Egyptian alabaster, a form of calcite, is related to limestone. Egyptians appreciated the beauty of alabaster, but they rarely used it for sculpture because of its color variations.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
- Locations
- Place excavated: Kom el-Ahmar, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 3 (?)
- Period
- Old Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 x Diam. 5 3/4 in. (12.1 x 14.6 cm)
- Accession Number
- 07.447.28
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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