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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.288
Title
Fragment of an Offering Basin
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
3rd-2nd millennium BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Middle Kingdom
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292159

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stone
Dimensions
13.9 x 12 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.288
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Fragment, possibly limestone with inscription "Hathor Mistress of the Western Land"

Verification Level

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