Egypt Picture - Alabaster Vase with Rope Design

Alabaster Vase with Rope Design

Location: Egyptian Museum

Alabaster Vase with Rope Design

Photograph by: Diaa Khalil

According to the Egyptian Antiquity Museum, this Alabaster Vase, decorated with the rope pattern of a sling that was used to carry such vessels, dates to the 2nd Dynasty, though it was discovered at the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.

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