Accession No
1932.488 A
Description
A tall thin alabaster cylinder jar with slight foot and pronounced rim.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar
Period
VII Dynasty VIII Dynasty I Intermediate Period Early
Source
Brunton, Guy [excavator]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.488 A; 31/583
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Calcite; Alabaster
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
This object has been marked '31/583' and 'MATMAR.' on the base both in black in but in different hands. In addition the remains of the adhesive backing of an old label is still visible on the body.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A tall thin alabaster cylinder jar with slight foot and pronounced rim.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with beads 1932.450.
Event Date 1931
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Found in tomb 583 by Guy Brunton in 1931.
Event Date 1931
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A-C: Three small alabaster pots.
A: A tall thin alabaster cylinder jar with slight foot and pronounced rim.
B: Miniature pink/brown alabaster cylinder jar.
D: Blue-green glazed stone pot decorated with dots of clay vertically down the body and on the rim in five lines.
E: Stone grinder.
F: Ivory comb with teeth missing. There is a hole at the top and a partial hole on one side.
G: An ivory needle or pin, the end decorated in the shape of a juicer, the lower part has been lost since discovery.
H: An ivory spatula with five grooves horizontally around the centre. It is broken and parts have been lost since discovery.
Event Date 1932
Author: maa
Context (References)
Brunton, Guy. (1948). British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt 1929-1931 Matmar. Bernard Quaritch Ltd: London. pp. 36, 51. pl. XXXV, XXVI, XL no. 4.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:40357
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