IDENTIFIERS
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id:	62966
accession number:	E.7.1962

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 26 July 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Clay (Nile silt B) flask thrown on a wheel in several parts and with a join at the base of the neck. The exterior is covered with a pink wash that has been applied with a brush. There is painted decoration in black and red on the shoulder of the vessel in teh form of bands and wadjet eyes. The wadjet eye represents the eye of Horus and is a traditional Egypt motif which combines a human eye with the wings of a hawk (Horus being a Hawk). It represents health and well-bieng and is used to protect people. The flask comes from a burial which contained cups and beakers. The colour of the wash imitates the pinkish colour of Aswan clay. the vessel has a rounded base and does not stand upright unaided. The pot is in several fragments and has been restored.
object type: Clay flask, squat with tall neck, with wedjat-eye decoration in black and red.
title:	flask

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/62966





TECHNIQUES
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wheelmade

CATEGORIES
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category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	301 - 400
creation date earliest:	301
creation date latest:	400
culture:	Roman


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: m
value: 0.198

dimension: Height
units: m
value: 0.295



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Umm el-Ga'ab
CITATIONS
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The Cemeteries of Qasr Ibrim
Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest
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