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kohl pot

human history
  • Other Name

    vase (alternative)

  • Description

    kohl pot. Alabaster unrestricted vessel. It has no lid. Interior stained black. Probably used with cosmetic material. black detail around the rim may be painted decoration or even to denote the colour of the pigment stored in it. Fragment at two places on the rim.

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Accession Date
    [1877]
  • Other Id

    11161 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • pot, 11161, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pot, 11161, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pot, 11161, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pot, 11161, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Apr 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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