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Unguent vase in the regular truncated shape, with slightly flared bottom and a flat and protruding rim.
This type of vessel was common among cosmetic equipment and implements found in tombs. It contained makeup, perfume and unguent.

Vase à onguent de forme courante, tronconique, au fond légèrement évasé et au bord plat et débordant.
Ce type était courant parmi les objets de toilette trouvés dans les tombes. On y mettait du fard, du parfum et de l'onguent.

Unguent vase in the regular truncated shape, with slightly flared bottom and a flat and protruding rim.
This type of vessel was common among cosmetic equipment and implements found in tombs. It contained makeup, perfume and unguent.

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Bibliography

Andreu Guillemette, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.142-143, n°196.
Vila André, "La nécropole du plateau occidental (MX)", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa II, Paris, 1975, p. 146, fig. 55, n°14.
Vandier d'Abbadie Jeanne, Les objets de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, p. 127, n°547 et 129.

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Lieu de découverte: 
MX - T.114-14.

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