Cylinder Jar
Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: 3-6
Date: ca. 2686-2181 B.C.
Medium: Calcite (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions:
height: 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm)
diameter: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.80.176
Provenance: sold by Khodary M. el Gabry, Cairo, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1961; gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991
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