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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 14.4 x 9.3 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionCoarse, light-red clay; bubous-shape; Bes-features crudely placed on one side; upper rim much broken.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1886)