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Kohl pot

Description

Travertine kohl pot in squat oblate shape with a flat base and slightly everted lower rim, excavated in tomb 72, cemetery A: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Haraga, 12th Dynasty, c.1880-1750 BC

Museum reference

A.1914.1100

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Kohl pot

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Travertine

Collection place(s)

Haraga, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Kohl pot lid, 1914.1100 A

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

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