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Stone Vessel
| Collection number | 石342-2385 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Egypt |
| Period | Naqada IIC-D period, Predynastic Period |
| Date | ca. 3400-3200 BCE |
| Material | Limestone |
| Dimension | H. 6.5 cm |
| Comment | There were graves in which hundreds or tens thousands stone vessels were buried in the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom period, when centralized states were established in Egypt. One can know the existence of elite. These stone vessels were the finest crafts in those periods, considering the labor and techniques for exploring beautiful stone and processing carefully hard materials. |
| Classification | stone vessel |
| Keywords | White, Gray Tiny, Beautiful North Africa, Egypt Chalcolithic Period, Predynastic Period, Naqada Stone/mineral, Marble Vessel, Handled/Lugged vessel, Lugged Pattern, Stripe |
| 資料ID | 2256 |