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Carter No.: 571

Handlist description: Wine-jar

Card/Transcription No.: 571-1


571 WINE JAR
(See 434, 568, 413, 489, 392, 560)

POSITION: On floor centre of N. end of chamber (see photo 1148).

DIMENSIONS: Max. H. 71.5; H. of seal 18.5, cents

DESCRIPTION: Buff pottery wine-jar; two loop handles; large clay seal covering mouth and neck - (see type Y). Bears three impressions of large seal on sides and one on the top - (see type J). Bears one impression of small seal over the re-sealing of gas-hole - (see type K). Bears hieratic docket on shoulder - (see photo)

REMARKS: Hard ? sediment inside

Card no. 571-1 relating to Carter no. 571
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