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Egyptian Alabaster Miniature Amphora
Egyptian Alabaster Miniature Amphora
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Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A gorgeous miniature alabaster amphora with a series of gentle flanges just below the rim. The alabaster is a rich, creamy color and thin enough that light can be seen through both walls of the vessel together. Comes with custom stand. Size: 1.25" W x 3.35" H (3.2 cm x 8.5 cm)

Alabaster was quarried along the length of the Nile, from Giza to just south of Luxor. Offering vessels made of alabaster were used in temples and placed in the tombs of people at all class levels. For example, Auguste Mariette, the famous French Egyptologist of the 19th century, found a cemetery for the poor in Memphis where the dead had been buried without wrappings only three feet below the ground - but each had a small alabaster bowl and some animal bones, as they had been given food and drink for the afterlife. Meanwhile, kings were buried with many alabaster vessels, often of the highest quality, necessary to provide for them during their time in the underworld.

Provenance: private New Jersey USA collection, acquired over twenty years ago

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Condition
Surface wear with tiny perforation on lower body.
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Egyptian Alabaster Miniature Amphora

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