Box with Sliding Cover
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Object Label
Beginning in the late Predynastic Period (circa 3300–3100 B.C.), Egyptians stored small precious objects in decorated wooden boxes. Early Dynasty 18 woodworkers frequently embellished these boxes, such as the ones displayed here, with ivory bands featuring rows of concentric circles. This design disappeared around the reign of Thutmose III.
Caption
Box with Sliding Cover, ca. 1938–1478 B.C.E.. Wood, ivory, 3 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (9.5 x 12.4 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.1.1a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Box with Sliding Cover
Date
ca. 1938–1478 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 12 to early Dynasty 18
Period
Midlde Kingdom-early New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Wood, ivory
Classification
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (9.5 x 12.4 x 16.8 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
60.1.1a-b
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