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Long-necked vessel
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
1550–1295 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos, Tomb 2 (?)
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 23.5 x 10 cm (9 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number09.376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFine white clay; blue-green glaze; mouth and body covered with bands of decoration in dark brown and green on white ground; most of body broken away.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos, Tomb K 2 (?). (N.B. Peet, Cemeteries of Abydos II, p. 54, says tomb K 2 is Middle Kingdom in date and he mentions no vase of this type). 1909: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund. (Accession Date: October 1, 1909)