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Flask

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Flask of ovoid shape body and instable base, very common in Herakleopolis Magna, for containing water or beer. This kind of vase is found together with other vases, in great quantities, always in funerary contexts in the First Intermediate Period/ Middle Kingdom cemetery. Its external surface is rough and the clay is very reddish.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1976/114/a/1763

Dating

1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not before); 1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD; MIDDLE KINGDOM (not after)

Archaeological Site

IHNASIYA EL-MADINA/HERAKLEOPOLIS

Category

BOTTLE

Material

CLAY; POTTERY

Technique

FORMED BY HAND

Height

30 cm

Diameter

10.5 cm

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