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Calcite drill cones
41 calcite drill cores, each of varying size, with breakages visible. These would have come from vessels of varying sizes.
Core, evidence of the manufacture of cylinder jars in which the core is removed from a solid block of calcite to produce the space inside a jar. (41).
Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by British School of Archaeology
Old Kingdom
Circa
-2686
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Circa
-2160
Accession number: E.22.1913
Primary reference Number: 51571
Oldadmincategory: S
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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