Category:
Tomb equipment, cinerary (cremation) urns
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, El-Hadara
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Hall:
Greco-Roman Antiquities, showcase 16
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Günter Grimm, “City Planning?” Alexandria and Alexandrianism. Papers Delivered at a Symposium Organized by The J. Paul Getty Museum and The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and Held at the Museum April 22–25, 1993. (Malibu, California: J. Paul Getty Museum: 1996), 55-74; figs. 3a, 3b.
- Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 80, 81.