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smoking-pipe
((kodos))
Object Type
smoking-pipe
((kodos))
Museum number
EA77421
Description
Creamy white fragment of a pipe bowl (kodos) made of very fine kaolin clay. The stem is broken off and the bowl shows signs of extensive use. The exterior is extremely smooth and no decoration is visible. The stem projects at a downward angle from the bowl.
Cultures/periods
Post-Christian
Production date
1600-1800
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Kulubnarti
, unknown
Materials
ceramic
Dimensions
Diameter:
3 millimetres
(stem hole)
Diameter:
30 millimetres
Length:
43 millimetres
Thickness:
7 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Adams & Adams 1998 / Kulubnarti II, The Artifactual Remains
(p.84, 128, fig. 10.2g)
Location
Not on display
Condition
The clay is soft and easily scratched. The pipe bowl is chipped along the rim and the exterior is has brown discolouration.
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Dr William Yewdale Adams
Donated by:
W S Webb Museum of Anthropology (University of Kentucky)
Acquisition date
2005
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA77421
Registration number
2005,0401.250
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
85.8.11
(excavation object cat. no.)