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Clay vessel

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Title/s	Clay vessel
Category	vessel
Name	jar
Description	jar in form of bundle of dom palm fruit, with details painted in black
Production Notes	moulded and hand made
Field Collection	tomb 949 Abydos Egypt
Dimensions	height width
Period	Eighteenth Dynasty (from reign of Tuthmosis III) New Kingdom
Date	1479 B.C. — 1425 B.C.
Provenance	given: The Trustees of the Wellcome Foundation 1981 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	(1922) Burlington Fine Arts Club. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Art , London? (1922) London? [comments: pl. XXXVI, p.84]
Material/s	ceramic
Accession Number	E.29.1982 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 63204; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Clay vessel