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Kohl pot and lid

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Part of the jewellery and cosmetic items from the burial of a young woman, including this calcite kohl jar and lid, a calcite jar,slate palette and grinder, faience and cornelian bead string, bead strings and a cornelian scarab amulet. Intact burials are rare at all periods, and this group shows the range of personal goods owned by young, upper class women at Abydos in the late Old Kingdom.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1909:350

Dating

OLD KINGDOM

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

KOHL POT

Material

CALCITE/ALABASTER

Technique

POLISHED; CARVED

Diameter

3 cm