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Stone bowl
Calcite bowl, inscribed with an inverted 'ka' sign (a Ka sign is in the form of two raised hands) and a scorpion. Scorpions appear elsewhere as objects from the Main Temple Deposit. A ka sign is typically associated with the Ka spirit, which best compared to the concept of the soul of a person. There is a fragment missing. This type of inscribed bowl was possibly associated with a festival. The centre is simply chiselled out and the walls are relatively thin. This type of stone 'calcite' is sometimes called alabaster.
Diameter: 11.9 cm
Height: 4.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1898) by Egyptian Research Account
Early Dynastic
1st Dynasty
About
-3000
-
About
-2500
Chiselled : Carved
Accession number: E.22.1898
Primary reference Number: 49563
Oldadmincategory: S
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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