amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: EA68479
Description: Fragment of vessel: fragment from the shoulder and upper body of an amphora with globular body, matt surface. The body is dark blue decorated with simple festoons in yellow and white. Directly above the festoons is a series of shallow indentations originally extending around the body and serving as guides for the terminal points for the first register of festoons. Thick walls, light-tan core.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palace of Amenhotep III
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 3.20 centimetres; Width: 3.25 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1898
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA68479
Registration number: 1898,0714.2

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