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Carter No.: 058

Handlist description: Ornamental alabaster unguent vase

Card/Transcription No.: 058-3


58 Alabaster vase

Contents :- Fatty matter (now largely fatty acids) mixed with some other material not yet identified. Similar to contents of 60 and 61

Cement between vase and stand. This is a mixture of whiting and resin.

Card no. 058-3 relating to Carter no. 058
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