Fragment
c. 1347 BC - c.1332 BC (made)
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Rim sherd of a brown earthenware jar. Both interior and exterior surfaces have a deep red slip.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Slipped earthenware |
Brief description | Fragment of a vessel, slipped earthenware, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty Eighteen |
Physical description | Rim sherd of a brown earthenware jar. Both interior and exterior surfaces have a deep red slip. |
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Gallery label | Historic display label:
XVIIIth Dynasty
From Tel-el-Amarna
4335-1901 (later addition in pencil: +A +B) |
Object history | This object formed part of the Ceramics collection at the Museum of Practical Geology, on Jermyn Street, which was transferred en masse to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901. Before that point, it was collected by Flinders Petrie at Amarna and given to the Jermyn Street Museum in 1882. |
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Accession number | 4335-1901 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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