Alabaster Sculptured Vase
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: ALABASTER VASE; CRACKED AND REPAIRED; TRANSLUCENT. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Libation cup.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Egyptian alabaster vessel, c. 3150-2195 BC. Egyptian tombs included many kinds of ceramic and stone vessels to ensure eternal supplies of food, drink, and scented oil.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Aug 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553163-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 16 cm