Sedment / vase / Calcite

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1910
Object Name: vase
Lot: Petrie, Flinders
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Stone Vessels
Materials: Calcite
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 6.25;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;303 g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Small fat jar, hollowed 4/5 way through. No foot. Upright lip. Alabaster colored yellow on the top half and cream in the lower half.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 2900-2750 BC
Unit Grid Number: Tomb 649
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Sedment
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Case 16 - Pre-Dynastic Egypt
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1910
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1910/dscn1809.jpg

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Full citation: "Sedment; vase; Calcite." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1910/dscn1809.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.