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Kohl pot

Large kohl pot with a projecting base, body rising to shoulder, then narrowing to small neck with wide flattened rim. Interior hollowed out like a tube containing remains of a grey, powdery residue.

Large kohl pot with a projecting base, body rising to shoulder, then narrowing to small neck with wide flattened rim. Interior hollowed out like a tube containing remains of a grey, powdery residue.

Object Kohl pot
Provenance Abydos, Egypt
Site Cemetery D, North Section
Period Dynasty XVIII, Hatshepsut; reused Dynasty XXV
Material Alabaster (calcite)
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1900.54:12
Copyrights Bolton Council