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Faience cylinder

Egyptian
Greco-Roman Period
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
Findspot: Egypt, San-El-Hagar, San-El-Hagar, Egypt

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 4.3 x 1.3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number11.45928
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionBright blue colbalt. Top and bottom surfaces finished interior. Channel wide and showing only one side.
ProvenanceFrom San-El-Hagar, Egypt. Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund. February 1886: Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund.