ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Squat Lug-Handled Vessel
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II
Date3500-3350 BCE
MediumClay, pigment
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in. (21.4 x 14.5 cm)
Object number1921.017
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Cultural Sensations: Africa, Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21 - June 20, 2003
Napoleon in Egypt, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, January 13 - March 26, 2006
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
Jennifer Ritchey, "Eye on Antiquity," Where Atlanta (November 2001): 21.
ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE
3500-3350 BCE