Pebble

E847C

From: Egypt | El-Amarna

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E847C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | El-Amarna
Period Eighteenth Dynasty
Date Made -1539 -1292BC
Section Egyptian
Materials Quartz
Description

Used for cobble floor of furnace on which glazing and toasting pats of colour could be doneUsed 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.

Brown

Length 1.9 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1893
Other Number ES847 - Original Number

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