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Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign Early Dynastic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 19.2.16. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 19.2.16
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 1
Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Date range: 3100 BCE – 2900 BCE
Materials: ['greywacke']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign (19.2.16). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/29175

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Dish, libation. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, ca. 3100–2900 B.C. Greywacke. w. 14.5 x h. (depth) 3.5 x l. 17.6 cm (5 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Ankh. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1919.

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Materials Greywacke

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Wikidata-Q Q29385725 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 19.2.16 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 543866 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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