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Medieval ovoid jar with a narrow neck, with moulded decoration. Described as an "early Arab fire bomb" in the excavation report. Marked in ink by the excavator 1931-32, 579.
Find number 31/579. From the Central City, Royal Estate, Royal Magazine (P.42.2; Petrie's no. 17).
CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface dirt, worn, chipped.
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 153XXX.
Compare with other examples, such as UC59769 in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London. Compare with two examples in 'A Manual of Egyptian Pottery, volume 4: Ptolemaic Period - Modern' p. 299 (Medieval 142-43).
Specifications
- Accession number
- 1973.1.526
- Collection type
- Weapon
- Culture
- Arab
- Date made
- 8th Century AD - 18th Century AD
- Collector
- Egypt Exploration Society
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Tell el Amarna
- Date collected
- 1931
- Materials
- Pottery
- Measurements
- Overall: 120 mm x 80 mm
- Credit line
- Gift of the Trustees of the Wellcome Collection
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
- Publications