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calcite jar

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Title/s	calcite jar
Category	cosmetic equipment
Name	kohl vessel
Description	kohl pot, on square four footed stand
Production Notes	the stand has been carved as part of the vessel
Field Collection	Tuthmosis III cemetery inside wavy wall of South pyramid Mazghuna Egypt
Dimensions	length 10.5 cm
Period	Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom
Date	1479 B.C. — 1425 B.C.
Provenance	given: British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1910 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Petrie, W.M.F. Wainwright, G.A. Mackay, E.J.H. (1912) The Labyrinth, Gerzeh and Mazghuneh (1912) [comments: pl.50 p.49 paragraph 69]
Accession Number	E.15.1911 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 51234; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-12)

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