Currently not on view
White cross-lined vessel
Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Amratian Period (SD 30-39), ca. 5400–3100 BCE
y1930-480
Information
Title
White cross-lined vessel
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 15.3 cm, diam. 7.3 cm (6 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William C. Hayes, Class of 1924
Object Number
y1930-480
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Subject
Acquired by William C. Hayes, Class of 1924, from an unknown source, possibly during the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavations at Thebes (Hayes active 1927-1931); given to the Musum in 1930 by Hayes.
- Jean Capart, Primitive art in Egypt, (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co.; London, H. Grevel & Co., 1905). , p. 108ff
- Edouard Naville, T. Eric Peet and W. L. S. Loat, The cemeteries of Abydos, (London; Boston, MA: [published not identified], 1913-1914)., Vol. 1
- William Christopher Hayes, The scepter of Egypt: a background for the study of the Egyptian antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1953-1959)., p. 18, fig. 9
- Helene J Kantor, "Prehistoric Egyptian pottery in the Art Museum," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University XII, no. 2 (1953): p. 67-83 , fig. c, p. 67 (illus.)
