Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Ewer Old KingdomSaqqara

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 26.2.15. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 26.2.15
Find spot: Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 6
Reign: reign of Teti
Date: ca. 2649–2100 B.C.
Date range: 2649 BCE – 2100 BCE
Materials: ['copper']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Ewer (26.2.15). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/131

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Vessel, Ewer. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Teti, ca. 2649–2100 B.C. Copper. H. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.). From: Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb of Tjetji, Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, 1920–21. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.

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