vase
- Museum number
- EA36356
- Description
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Vase of green malachite: with a rounded, lenticular body and two small handles, both pierced vertically and covered with a rectangular plate of gold. The narrow mouth is surrounded by a rounded rim. The interior is moderately well hollowed. Rim chipped in places.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.80 centimetres (rim)
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Height: 5.60 centimetres (max)
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Thickness: 3.56 centimetres (max)
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Width: 5.01 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- Nicholson and Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Cambridge 2000), p. 44
- Location
- On display (G64/dc10)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA36356
- Registration number
- 1902,0412.56