Cosmetic Vessel

Wooden kohl tube with incised line round base. Part of a group of antiquities found in the Faiyum by Hogarth, Grenfell and Hunt, during the winters of 1895-6, 1898-99, 1900-01; presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund (Greco-Roman branch) in 1901. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Dry and splitting, discolouration, surface dirt.