beaker
- Museum number
- 1888,0601.733
- Description
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A flared beaker of red siltware pottery, with a rounded rim and circular, string-cut foot. The conical body tapers to the foot and the interior shows marks from rotary production. The form is similar to that of the preceding example, although the vessel is slightly smaller. About one half of the rim is missing. Inclusions of mica, grit and lime chips occur in the fabric. .
- Production date
- 620BC - 525BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.90 centimetres (base)
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Diameter: 10.30 centimetres (rim)
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Height: 10.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Parallels: Wilson, K., Cities of the Delta, part II: Mendes. Malibu, 1982, pl.xv, 3-4; López-Grande, M.J. and Quesada Sanz, F., Excavaciones en Ehnasya El-Medina (Heracleopolis Magna), II. Informes arcqueologicos Egipto, 2, Madrid, 1995, 82, 99, type VII.F, pls 36, a-e, 56, o-p (pl. 36 examples are dated to the THIP, but the reference to Spencer and Bailey, Ashmunein 1985, British Museum OP no. 67, London, 1986, fig. 17, 45 is not appropriate as the vessel there was probably not so tall). Additional examples were found in the 2009 SCA excavations at Tell Dafana (M. Abdel Maksoud in Spencer & Leclère, Tell Dafana Reconsidered, British Museum RP 199, London 2014, pl. 82).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1888,0601.733
