Porphyry vase with gold foil trim, Early dynastic.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coptos, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Keft
Culture or time period:
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (ca. 3000–2686 BC) and Naqada II a-d/ Gerzean (ca. 3500–3200 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Materials:
Gold leaf (gold foil) and Porphyry
Object type:
archaeology
Production date:
Gerzean Period/Naqada II (ca. 4000-3300 BC)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #71: Oregon Historical Society (June 15, 1978–November 17, 1978) and S1997-1998 #4: Oakland Museum of California (January 16, 1998–December 9, 1999)