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Bowl with an image of Ptah

Early Dynastic Period
ca. 3100‒2910 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl with an image of Ptah
  • Period: Early Dynastic Period
  • Dynasty: probably Dynasty 1
  • Date: ca. 3100‒2910 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, Grave 231, W. M. FLinders Petrie excavations for the British School of Archaeology in Egypt (BSAE), 1911–12
  • Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
  • Dimensions: 9.2 × 12.5 cm (3 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford; Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt from excavations at Tarkhan, 1912 (AN1912.574)
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art