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Carter No.: 431

Handlist description: Wine-jar (attenuated form)

Card/Transcription No.: 431


431 WINE-JAR (attenuated form)
(see Nos. 409, 498, 499, 502).

POSITION: Under miscellanea in front & below doorway of chamber (see photo 1138 L. hand corner but not visible) DIMENSIONS: H. 52.3 cents.

DESCRIPTION: Greenish-grey pottery wine-jar; oviform bowl; attenuated neck; long handle attached to neck and shoulder; lip folded over <>; rush and plaster stopper - (see type Z); and for probable seal employed - (see type I) The jar bears no hieratic docket Dried lees on bottom of interior.

See note of this type of wine-jar.

REMARKS Much stained. No signs of resin on interior.

(Photo)

Card no. 431 relating to Carter no. 431
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