Accession No
2008.85 E
Description
Fragment of alabaster, rectangular in shape with smoothed surfaces. Possibly fragment of an offering table or a weight.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; ?Hierakonpolis
Period
?Old Kingdom ?Middle Kingdom ?New Kingdom ?Ptolemaic
Source
Oriental Studies Department
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2008.85 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Alabaster
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
2008.85 was entered into the accession register as 'pottery sherds' but are, in fact, almost all stone artefacts. See individual suffixes for details. I.Gunn 9/6/2015
Event Date 9/6/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Fragment of alabaster, rectangular in shape with smoothed surfaces. Possibly fragment of an offering table or a weight.
Event Date 9/6/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Handwritten note found with this idno group reads: 'probably Hierakonpolis #168, 124'. '?Hierakonpolis' has therefore been added to the Place field.
Event Date 11/7/2016
Author: Ben Hinson
FM:268320
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