Object Number | E847A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | El-Amarna |
Period | Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
Date Made | 1539-1292 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Quartz |
Description | Used for cobble floor of furnace on which glazing and toasting pats of colour could be done. When disintegrated by the heat these were ground up for pure silica to make the frit. Flecks of turquoise color. |
Length | 3.9 cm |
Width | 3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1893 |
Other Number | ES847 - Original Number |
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