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Clay flask
Clay pilgrim flask, wheelmade.
Clay pilgrim flask, wheelmade from a type of Egyptian clay known as marl. This shape of vessel was used for dedications and was copied in faience for new year flasks. In the later periods during the Christian era vessels of similar shape were used to collect the wax from candles buring over the graves of saints and martyrs. Earlier this form of flask could be used to carry liquid. this example has a light red/brown wash on the surface. From the same grave as E.159-161.1921.
Length: 0.123 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Griffith, F. Ll.
Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
Circa
-700
BCE
-
Circa
-600
BCE
Accession number: E.157.1921
Primary reference Number: 52184
Oldadmincategory: P
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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