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Carter No.: 434

Handlist description: Wine-jar

Card/Transcription No.: 434-1


434. WINE-JAR
(SEE 571, 413, 568, 489, 392, 560)

POSITION: Cast with other articles on floor near right hand door-jamb of chamber - (see photos 1140, 141).

DIMENSIONS: Max. H. 70.0; H. of seal 15.5 cents.

DESCRIPTION: Buff pottery wine-jar; two loop handles; large clay seal covering mouth and neck (see photo). Bears two impressions of large seal and one on top which are not clear (? like type J). Bears impression of small seal over the re-sealing of gas hole also not clear (? like type H). Bears hieratic docket on shoulder - (see photo).

REMARKS: Hard (?) sediment inside.

Card no. 434-1 relating to Carter no. 434
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