Currently not on view
White cross-lined oval dish
Egyptian
Predynastic Period, Amratian Period (SD 30-39), ca. 5400–3100 BCE
y1930-491
Information
Title
White cross-lined oval dish
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
5.5 x 19.8 x 13.1 cm (2 3/16 x 7 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William C. Hayes, Class of 1924
Object Number
y1930-491
Culture
Period
Subject
Acquired by William C. Hayes, Class of 1924, at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1930 by Hayes.
- Jean Capart, Primitive art in Egypt, (Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co.; London, H. Grevel & Co., 1905). , p. 108ff
- 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.)
- Ancient art in New Jersey collections: [exhibition] Rutgers University, Newark College of Arts & Sciences in association with The Newark Museum, May 6 to June 3, 1973, (Newark: Newark Museum, 1973). , cat. no. 23
