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Cylindrical beaker
Egyptian
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 3
Findspot: Egypt, Zawyet el-Aryan, Z 500
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .188 rim. .326 H.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.3171
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionAlabaster; clear with white veins and watered silk markings; broken and mended; one half only.
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan, Z 500. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.