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Clay flask
Clay flask, bag shaped
Clay flask. Made from a type of clay called 'marl' and is buff in colour. This type of vessel would have been used for perfume or oil and would have hung from its owner by attaching a strap around the neck. Excavated at the Sanam cemtery from grave 1010. The vessel was wheelmade and is complete.
Length: 0.074 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by Griffith, F. Ll.
Meroitic
Third Intermediate period
-700
BCE
-
-601
BCE
Accession number: E.134.1921
Primary reference Number: 52152
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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