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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