lid; alabastron

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Object Type: lid; alabastron
Museum number: 122018
Description: Circular lid of a beehive-shaped jar (alabastron); translucent banded grey/light brown calcite; polished on the top and on the flange on the underside, the remainder of the underside being left unfinished; pull-knob on the top in the form of a stylised bull's head.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC
Production place: Made in: Yemen
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Yemen
Materials
Technique: carved; polished
Dimensions: Diameter: 5.20 centimetres (rim flange); Diameter: 6.10 centimetres; Height: 2.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1930
Acquisition notes: Collection presented in 1929 (Book of Presents, item 1492); reported to Trustees 11 June 1930; no correspondence found in ANE for 1930.
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 122018
Registration number: 1930,0613.14

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