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Beaker

Description

Beaker of Kerma pottery, with the remains of textile wrapping around the mouth: Ancient Nubian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Qurna, Classic Kerma Period, 1585-1545 BC

Museum reference

A.1909.527.8

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Beaker

Production information

Unknown
Nubia, Sudan, Northern Africa

Date

Classic Kerma Period
17th Dynasty, 2nd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Nubian

Materials

Kerma pottery, Sand, fine, Mica, Straw, Textile

Collection place(s)

Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Daughter of Re Hatshepsut King of Egypt (15 Oct 2005 - 10 Dec 2006)
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Kimbell Art Museum

  • Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
    Royal Scottish Museum

  • Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

Qurneh / by W.M. Flinders Petrie. London, B.S.A.E. & B. Quaritch, 1909, 6 - 10

Arnold, Dorothea and Bourriau, Janine (eds), An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Pottery, Germany, 1993

Roehrig, C.H., Dreyfus, R., Keller, C.A., (eds.) Hatshepsut : From Queen to Pharaoh, 2005 (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art), p.21, cat.5

Maitland, Margaret, Daniel M. Potter, and Lore Troalen 2022. The burial of the "Qurna Queen". In Miniaci, Gianluca and Peter Lacovara (eds), The treasure of the Egyptian queen Ahhotep and international relations at the turn of the Middle Bronze Age (1600-1500 BCE), 205-233. London: Golden House

On display

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