Part of National Museums Liverpool

Dish

1973.1.491

Part of

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About this object

Fragment of a dish with preserved ribbed decoration (handle?). Note on EES registration card reads: 'see no. 30/52' and in the excavation publication "fragments of fine alabaster bowls". Marked by the excavator in black ink T.A.. 30.31 53 T.36.43. From North Suburb, House T36.43 (a house "so ruined as to be almost unintelligible".

Object specifics

  • Type
    Container
  • Culture
    New Kingdom
  • Artist/Maker
  • Place made
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Tell el Amarna
  • Date made
    1352 BC - 1336 BC (Dynasty 18: Reign of Akhenaten) about
  • Materials
    Stone
  • Location
    Item not currently on display
  • Acquisition
    Gift of the Trustees of the Wellcome Collection
  • Collector
    Egypt Exploration Society
  • Place collected
    Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Tell el Amarna
  • Date collected
    1930
  • Measurements
    40 mm x 35 mm
  • Related people
    Egypt Exploration Society ( Collector, previous owner); Wellcome Historical Medical Museum ( Previous owner); Henry Solomon Wellcome ( Previous owner)

Explore related

Publications

Events

  • Egypt Exploration Society Excavations at Tell el Amarna

    Start date: 1921
    End date: 1921
    Description: Excavations carried out at Tell el Amarna by the Egypt Exploration Society between 1921 and 1936.

Ownership

Previous owners

Object view = Humanities
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