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MM 10045 :: toilette object, jar, vessel

Object description: A small dummy collared cylindrical jar with a narrow flat base.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MM 10045

Serie nummer

9663

Previous ID

E.S.45

Object

toilette object; jar; vessel

Object, Swedish

kärl; toalettartikel

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Alabaster; Stone

Material, Swedish

Sten; Alabaster

Acquisition

Gift by Dr O Smith 16 June 1933. Previously on loan since 1928. Purchased at Tano, Cairo.

Time - Acquisition

1928

Description

A small dummy collared cylindrical jar with a narrow flat base.

Period

Old Kingdom (c.2687-c.2191 BC)

Period, Swedish

Gamla riket (ca.2687-ca.2191 f Kr)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-2687

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-2191

Name - Acquired from

Smith, Otto

Description: Otto Smith, a collector who was digging in Egypt at locations such as Saqqara and Luxor in mid 1920s, when there was a huge appetite for Egyptian artifacts in the West (See more at: http://www.elginism.com/similar-cases/egypt-askes-sweden-to-return-artefacts/20090120/1693/#sthash.WxhP7Hog.dpuf)Otto%20Smith%2C%20a%20collector%20who%20was%20digging%20in%20Egypt%20at%20locations%20such%20as%20Saqqara%20and%20Luxor%20in%20mid%201920s%2C%20when%20there%20was%20a%20huge%20appetite%20for%20Egyptian%20artifacts%20in%20the%20West%20%28See%20more%20at%3A%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elginism.com%2Fsimilar-cases%2Fegypt-askes-sweden-to-return-artefacts%2F20090120%2F1693%2F%23sthash.WxhP7Hog.dpuf%29
Source - http: www.elginism.com, www.nad.riksarkivet.se, collections.smvk.se, libris.kb.se

Comments

On loan 1928-1933 from the donor.

Cf Publications

Petrie, W.M.F., Funeral Furniture and Stone vases, BSAE, Forty-third year, (London, 1937), pl.XXVII, no. 517

Junker, Giza I, Abb. 11

PhotoNegNo

Dig. neg.MM10045

Miscellaneous

Pharaonic Egypt: Daily Life

Height / Höjd

6 cm

Diameter

2 cm

Dimensions

H. 6 cm, Rim Ø 2 cm

Condition

Incomplete

Original register

Egypt

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MM 10045 :: toilette object, jar, vessel

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