Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection · vessel

Vessel Early Dynastic Period

Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection, acc. 8509.a-j. See the source record for rights. Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 8509.a-j
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Date: Early Dynastic Period
Date range: 3100 BCE – 2686 BCE
Materials: ['Pottery']
Width: 7.3 cm
Repository: Manchester Museum
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Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection, Vessel (8509.a-j). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17142

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Inscriptions (1)

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Faint, partial dark markings/dashes on left fragment; unreadable/unidentified.

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Materials Pottery

Cross-references (3)

Manchester-Accession 8509.a-j tier-2
Manchester-IRN 106817 tier-2
Manchester-UUID fbfdfd16-961f-39f6-b0b2-fb690eec34ec tier-2

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