Cylindrical jar with a flaring rim. Jars of this shape were used to store perfumed ointments and unguents. Base marked in ink No 61 and in pencil 14007. 

Compare with W. M. F. Petrie, Stone and Metal Vases (London, 1937) no. 125.

Danson Catalogue 2 no. 61.

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Cylindrical jar with a flaring rim. Jars of this shape were used to store perfumed ointments and unguents. Base marked in ink No 61 and in pencil 14007. Compare with W. M. F. Petrie, Stone and Metal Vases (London, 1937) no. 125. Danson Catalogue 2 no. 61.

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