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Cylindrical beaker
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom
Medium/Technique
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 11.4 cm
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionWhite and clean; unpolished; dark spot on side, and long crack from top.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.