Pilgrim Flask
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Object Label
Archaeologists working at the Upper Egypt site of el-Amarna have discovered many vessels similar to this example, all dating to the last years of extensive contact between Egypt and the Aegean during the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Caption
Mycenaean; Greek. Pilgrim Flask, ca. 1425–1300 B.C.E.. Clay, slip, 5 5/16 × Diam. 3 11/16 in. (13.5 × 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.43.
Title
Pilgrim Flask
Date
ca. 1425–1300 B.C.E.
Period
Mycenaean IIIA Period
Geography
Place made: Greece
Medium
Clay, slip
Classification
Dimensions
5 5/16 × Diam. 3 11/16 in. (13.5 × 9.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.43
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