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Faience Hes-jar

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Title/s	Faience Hes-jar
Category	vessel
Name	jar
Description	hes-jar, inscribed
Field Collection	Tomb 35, Valley of Kings Thebes Egypt
Dimensions	length 19.5 cm
Period	Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom
Date	circa 1427 B.C. — 1400 B.C.
Provenance	given: family of Green, F.W. 1950 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Porter, Bertha Moss, Rosalind Burney, Ethel W. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.1, The Theban necropolis. Pt.2, Royal tombs and smaller cemeteries [page: 556] [comments: 2nd edition]
Material/s	faience
Accession Number	E.18.1950 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 62044; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-13)

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Faience Hes-jar