IDENTIFIERS
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id:	52184
accession number:	E.157.1921

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
object type: Clay pilgrim flask, wheelmade.
title:	flask

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/52184





TECHNIQUES
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wheelmade

CATEGORIES
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category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	701 - 601
creation date earliest:	701
creation date latest:	601
culture:	Meroitic
culture:	Third Intermediate period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: m
value: 0.123



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