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Vase with wavy handles, pierced for suspension, chip of rim. From the cemetery site of Hemamieh, grave 1645. Recorded in 'Qau and Badari I', Brunton, Gardiner, Petrie as well as Brunton 'Badarian Civilisation', Pl. 50; 32., described as "honey alabaster, with cream bands"
Jar, slender, wavy handled
Diameter: 8.4 cm
Height: 19.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1923) by British School of Archaeology
Accession number: E.12.1923
Primary reference Number: 52256
Oldadmincategory: S
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Antiquities
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