Anhydrite kohl pot with lid. There are traces of kohl eye cosmetic inside. The object was excavated in Cemetery Y near the modern village of Hiw, grave Y514. Cemetery Y was a large cemetery excavated by Mr Mace who described the burials in Petrie's 1901 'Diospolis Parva' publication.

CONDITION NOTE (2008): Mended lid is chipped in one place (chip missing).

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Anhydrite kohl pot with lid. There are traces of kohl eye cosmetic inside. The object was excavated in Cemetery Y near the modern village of Hiw, grave Y514. Cemetery Y was a large cemetery excavated by Mr Mace who described the burials in Petrie's 1901 'Diospolis Parva' publication. CONDITION NOTE (2008): Mended lid is chipped in one place (chip missing).

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Cosmetic Vessel

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