Lahun / pithos / Calcite
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.1898
- Object Name
- pithos
- Lot
- Petrie, Flinders
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Stone Vessels
- Materials
- Calcite
- Weight
- 442 g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Tiny pithos with two side lug handles and short lip. No base, wide mouth. Pale pink-yellow. Little grain. Lip chipped in two places.
- Jar with lug handles. Calcite.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Verbatim Date
- 3500 - 3200 BC
- Unit Grid Number
- Shaft Tomb 2
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Lahun
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Case 16 - Pre-Dynastic Egypt
- Exhibition Curator
- Richards, Janet
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.1898
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1898/0000_00_1898p03.tif
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"Lahun; pithos; Calcite". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1898/0000_00_1898p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2023.