Handle of a pottery vessel
- Accession Number
- EC1293
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Receptacle/vessel
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Material
- Pottery (Marl)
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Length: 68mm | Width: 33mm | Maximum width: 58mm | Stamp height: 24mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
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- Description
-
A pottery handle made of Marl clay and dating to the New Kingdom. The stamp on the handle consists a hieroglyphic inscription. The approximate shoulder diameter of the vessel could have been around 40 cm.
- Munsell Chart reading
-
10YR 7/3 very pale brown
- Other Identity
- W130 (but this is assigned to a set of bronze model tools) | 198
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Last modified: 20 May 2022