Pebble

E847B

From: Egypt | El-Amarna

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E847B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | El-Amarna
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Quartz
Description

Used for cobble floor of furnace on which glazing and toasting pats of colour could be done. When disintegrated by the heat these were ground up for pure silica to make the frit. White.

Length 3.4 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1893
Other Number ES847 - Original Number

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