Dish

Description

Dish of Egyptian alabaster (travertine) with vertical sides, inscribed with two early hieroglyphs: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Hierakonpolis, from the Main Deposit, site number 471, Early Dynastic period, 1st-2nd Dynasty, c.3100-2686 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.332

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Dish

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Early Dynastic
1st Dynasty
2nd Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Alabaster

Collection place(s)

Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: J. Quibell

Exhibitions

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Adams, B. (1974) ANCIENT HIERAKONPOLIS (Supplement), Wilts: Aris & Phillips Ltd, pp. 160, 163

Murray, M. (1900) CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, Edinburgh , p.51, cat. 954