Card/Transcription No.: 404-1

404 AN OVI-FORM VASE (CALCITE)
(Thothmes III)

POSITION:    
Resting on floor S. end of chamber opposite doorway - (see photos
1138, 1139, 1140, 1141)

DIMENSIONS:
Max. H. 35; max. diam. width, 26.5, cents. diam. of lip 20,
cents.

DESCRIPTION:
A large inverted oviform vase with flattened bottom, wrought of
semi-translucent calcite.
Bow oviform; short diverging neck; wide lip.
Bears an incised inscription on bowl, giving the prenomen and
nomen of Thothmes III, and the capacity (see note attached).

REMARKS:
Contents robbed, slight residue at bottom.
Limestone stopper (found displaced) had been luted to mouth.
Traces of linen binding round neck showing that the stopper had
been covered with linen. 
Lip and neck broken and mended anciently.
Bowl cracked and repaired anciently.