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Accession_Number 2016.5.4
Shape Alabastron
Shape_description Ovoidal body with round base. The shoulders are carved with vestigial tiny lugs handles. Short neck. Half section of the neck is broken off.
Material Alabaster
Fabric Egyptian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR/8/3
Decoration
Inscriptions
Condition Part of th neck is fractured. White deposits on the lower part of the body.
Technique/Style
Provenance Unknown
Period Ptolemaic
Date 600-300 B.C. c.a.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Side view of Egyptian alabastron

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Side view of Egyptian alabastron

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Side view of Egyptian alabastron (detail of the fracture on the neck)

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Side view of Egyptian alabastron (detail of white deposits on the body)
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 9.5
Diameters 4.5
Handle_height
Other_dims. Neck: 2.5; Fracture: 2
Location 9.2.2
Edited_by Claudia Pinci; Jayne
Date_edited 14.05.2016; 14.12.23
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