Vase

Description

Vase of black stone, from a set of model implements for the Ceremony of Opening the Mouth: Ancient Egyptian, said to come from Armant, Old Kingdom, 3rd-6th Dynasty, c.2686-2181 BC

Museum reference

A.1911.254 C

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Vase

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Old Kingdom
3rd Dynasty
4th Dynasty
5th Dynasty
6th Dynasty

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Black stone; parts A-D are not physically numbered. Measured top left in image PF27610 measured as part A.1911.254 C.

Collection place(s)

Armant, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

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

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