Jar

1973.1.371

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Jar, tapering base, white slip. Object marked by the excavator 590, the number given to the tomb it was found in. Label with object has written on it: "H.P. 532", a reference to objects Sir Henry Wellcome acquired from the 1911 sale of the the Hilton Price collection. Purchased for Sir Henry Wellcome at Sotheby's 12-17 July 1911 lot 757/10. Hilton Price sale inventory number HP 532 "Ovoid vase of light ware and rim broken nice clean work. Beni Hasan XII Dynasty Beni Hasan. 8 " high. No number".