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Unguent Jar

1911.02.0010

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Artifact Identification Unguent Jar   (1911.02.0010)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Toilet Articles
    3. :
  3. Hygiene Artifacts
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Predynastic, Gerzean
Date 3650 – 3300 BCE
Culture Egyptian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 26.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Diameter) 16.7 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 1,478 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes Handbuilding, Firing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes. British School of Egyptian Archaeology, 1921.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Corpus of Proto- Dynastic Pottery. British School of Egyptian Archaeology, 1953.

Baines & Málek. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980.

Brewer, Douglas J. Ancient Egypt: Foundations of a Civilization. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2005, p.97, Figure 6.20a.

James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction no

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