Accession No

1932.488 B


Description

Miniature pink/brown alabaster cylinder jar.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Matmar


Period

VII Dynasty VIII Dynasty I Intermediate Period Early


Source

Brunton, Guy [excavator]; Clarke, Louis C. G. [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1932.488 B; 31/583


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Calcite; Alabaster


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 2 and 3: includes a sketch of the object.

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 'B' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked '31/583' in black ink on the shoulder.
Event Date
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: Eleanor Wilkinson


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. 6.
Event Date 1948
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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