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Stone jar
Stone alabastron, part of neck missing
Alabaster alabastron (a type of perfume/oil jar) with two small lug handles on each side of the shoulders. the bottom is rounded and there is a small rim at the top (part of which is missing). This vessel would have been made by drilling out the core of stone leaving a thin wall that is transluscent when held to the light.
Length: 0.1 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Oxford Expedition to Nubia
Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa
-700
BCE
-
Circa
-600
BCE
Accession number: E.17.1911
Primary reference Number: 52013
Oldadmincategory: S
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Stone jar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/52013 Accessed: 2024-11-05 10:55:26
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