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Jar, pottery
Object Number 14-63-50/B255
Display Title Jar, pottery
Descriptions
Object Description Jar, pottery
Inventory Description Ceramic jar, chalky red ware, round body, pointed base, constricted neck, flared rim, circumferential band below rim, small loss to rim
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Egyptian
  • Middle Empire
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt
Additional Geographic Terms Sheykh Farrag
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall (Width and Depth are diameter dimensions): 9 × 9 × 8.9 cm (3 9/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 1/2 in.) Other (Representative rim thickness): 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B255; 55

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