Jar or Pyxis
- Culture
- possibly Chaldean, 626–539 BCE
- Date
- c.1800 BCE
- Material
- Stone
- associated with
- Babil governorate, Iraq, Asia
- associated with
- Asia
- probably excavated in
- Warka, Dhi Qar governorate, Iraq, Asia
- Classification
- Containers, stone & mineral
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm)
rim at top:: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
base:: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 42:1921
Provenance
Said to be from Varka (ancient Uruk), Iraq [1]
- 1921
Joseph Brummer (1883–1947), Paris, France; New York, NY, USA
1921 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Joseph Brummer [2]
Notes:
[1] A letter from Joseph Brummer to Mr. Sherer (Director of the City Art Museum) states that the object was found at Varka (Warka) [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated July 18, 1921 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, July 8, 1921.
- 1921
Joseph Brummer (1883–1947), Paris, France; New York, NY, USA
1921 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Joseph Brummer [2]
Notes:
[1] A letter from Joseph Brummer to Mr. Sherer (Director of the City Art Museum) states that the object was found at Varka (Warka) [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated July 18, 1921 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, July 8, 1921.
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