Unfinished calcite cylinder jar
Cylinder jar. The centre of the vessel was drilled and the outside chiseled to form the basic shape of the vessel. The surface would then have been polished with sand.
Height: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Unknown by ?
Old Kingdom
-2707
-
-2170
Drilled : Polished
Accession number: E.SA.52a
Primary reference Number: 64743
Oldadmincategory: SA
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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