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Object Type
basket
Museum number
EA72343
Description
Large coiled storage basket with flat bottom and flaring sides. A decorative stitch pattern covers coil foundations throughout. On the interior near the rim are two horizontally added coils presumably to form a lid seating. The base is missing and the bag is crushed on one side.
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Qasr Ibrim (Nubia)
, Structure 1100 room 2 level 1
Materials
palm leaf
Technique
coiled (basketry)
Dimensions
Diameter:
41.60 centimetres
(max.)
Height:
22 centimetres
(max.)
Location
Not on display
Condition
incomplete, fair
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Society
Division of Finds:
Egyptian Antiquities Organisation
Acquisition date
1989
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA72343
Registration number
1990,0127.512
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
QI.84.1.6/29
Miscellaneous number:
QI.84/412