Cylindrical Vessel or Stand for Offering Table
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This object may have been a container but was more probably used as a stand for a disk-shaped stone offering table. Egyptian alabaster, a form of calcite, is related to limestone. Egyptians appreciated the beauty of alabaster, but they rarely used it for sculpture because of its color variations.
Caption
Cylindrical Vessel or Stand for Offering Table, ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 4 3/4 x Diam. 5 3/4 in. (12.1 x 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.28. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.28_erg2.jpg)
Title
Cylindrical Vessel or Stand for Offering Table
Date
ca. 2675–2170 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 3 (?)
Period
Old Kingdom
Geography
Place excavated: Kom el-Ahmar, Egypt
Medium
Egyptian alabaster (calcite)
Classification
Dimensions
4 3/4 x Diam. 5 3/4 in. (12.1 x 14.6 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
07.447.28
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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