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Red ware amphora
Near Eastern, Anatolian, Hittite
Hittite Old Kingdom
1650–1400 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: eastern Anatolia
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund
Accession Number1982.409
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionHighly burnished red ware amphora with massive loop handle and applied roundels representing the Hittite royal insignia.
Provenance1982, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 15, 1982)