Limestone mortar with one lug handle intact. One side missing with handle. Marked in pencil SE. Given to the East Anglia Egyptian Society in November 1925 by the Egypt Exploration Society from 'old stock' in return for their subscription. Previously assumed to be from Tell el Amarna but it is probably from Naukratis.  Compare with a similar sized votive mortar of limestone in the British Museum (EA27508). This was from a foundation deposit discovered in the Ptolemy II gateway of the Great Temenos at the south-east corner of the pylon (Petrie 1886, 28-31, pl. 25-26).


CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, surface dirt, scratched, chipped.

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Limestone mortar with one lug handle intact. One side missing with handle. Marked in pencil SE. Given to the East Anglia Egyptian Society in November 1925 by the Egypt Exploration Society from 'old stock' in return for their subscription. Previously assumed to be from Tell el Amarna but it is probably from Naukratis. Compare with a similar sized votive mortar of limestone in the British Museum (EA27508). This was from a foundation deposit discovered in the Ptolemy II gateway of the Great Temenos at the south-east corner of the pylon (Petrie 1886, 28-31, pl. 25-26). CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, surface dirt, scratched, chipped.

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