IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49561
accession number:	E.20.1898

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Stone jar with wavy line decoration around the handles. The four handles are drilled to allow the vessel to be suspended from cords. The stone is a pink coloured limestone that was quite common during this early period of Egyptian history. The centre would have been drilled out and the outer surface carved and polished with sand.
title:	jar

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49561





TECHNIQUES
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carved
TECHNIQUES
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drilled

CATEGORIES
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category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2500
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2500
culture:	Predynastic
culture:	Early Dynastic


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 8.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.15



CITATIONS
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Egyptian stone vessels; Predynastic Period to Dynasty 3. Typology & analysis
Hierakonpolis I
Hierakonpolis II
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IMAGES

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