Hexagonal Jug

Perfume (uncertain)

E7338

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E7338
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Locus G 314
Date Made 100 BCE-300 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Glass | Wax | Perfume (uncertain)
Description

Large hexagonal green glass storage/shipping jug; plug in neck contains wax (identified EP 5/1965). Contents preserved.

Height 14.9 cm
Width 11.4 cm
Depth 9.9 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908
Other Number GL-EG (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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