ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Alabastron Inscribed for Artaxerxes I
Possible OriginEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Date465-424 BCE
MediumCalcite alabaster
Credit LineGift of Anne Cox Chambers
Dimensions11 1/2 x 8 in. (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Object number2009.006.001
Exhibition HistoryRecent Gifts of Anne Cox Chambers, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 13 - 31, 2009Recent Acquisitions, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 31 - September 10, 2009
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, April 18, 2013 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesRupert Wace Ancient Art (2009), number 10.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2009.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Switzerland, from 1960s - 1970s. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
ca. 360-355 BCE
2950-2590 BCE
722-30 BCE
305-30 BCE
1051-1006 BCE
1051-1006 BCE
1290-1279 BCE
1290-1279 BCE
1290-1279 BCE
664-525 BCE
1878-1630 BCE
305-282 BCE
