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Carter No.: 032a

Handlist description: Two vases of alabaster (calcite)

Card/Transcription No.: 032a-1


32 (a) Two vases of alabaster (calcite).

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Second same height, but with slightly thicker rim, and only half the flare on the foot.

These were roughly made.

Stained yellow on outside.

Each contains fatty matter which had decomposed and cannot be identified without detailed analysis.

Card no. 032a-1 relating to Carter no. 032a
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