
Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Information
Large cylinder shaped jar with tall sides and slightly projecting rim. William MacGregor collection no. 2436. Auction sticker "935". Compare with W. M. F. Petrie, Stone and Metal Vases (London, 1937) no. 935
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 15728. Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 26 June - 6 July 1922 (MacGregor Collection) Lot 935: "A cylindrical Vessel, in arragonite, with slightly projecting lip; 6 3/4 in. high by 7 in. diam."
CONDITION NOTE (1998): Worn, scratched, pitted, surface dirt.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 1973.1.290
- Collection type
- Container
- Culture
- New Kingdom
- Date made
- 1550 BC – 1069 BC
- Collector
- William MacGregor
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date collected
- 1922 before
- Materials
- Egyptian Alabaster
- Measurements
- Overall: 170 mm x 180 mm
- Credit line
- Gift of the Trustees of the Wellcome Collection
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
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