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Porphyry and gold cylinder jar

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Title/s	Porphyry and gold cylinder jar
Category	vessel
Name	jar stone vessel
Description	cylinder jar, with concave sides, gold cover on rim
Field Collection	Abydos Egypt
Technique Description	polished
Dimensions	diameter 12 cm height 19.25 cm
Period	First Dynasty Early Dynastic Period
Date	3000 B.C. — 2890 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Raphael, Oscar C. 1946 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	(1922) Burlington Fine Arts Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Art , London? (1922) London? [comments: no.26 pl.XXVI]
Material/s	porphyry gold
Accession Number	E.4.1946 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 61608; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Porphyry and gold cylinder jar