Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Conical Jar - Rare - OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY

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Seller: ancientpasts ✉️ (548) 100%, Location: Peterborough, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 354978035013 Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Conical Jar - Rare - OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY.

Date:  Circa: OLD KINGDOM, 4TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2613-2181 B.C.

Physical Properties: height: 3.9 in. (9.96 cm): base diameter: 22 cm: upper rim diameter: 3.6 cm: weight: 104.69 grams:

With short cylindrical neck and thick, flat disc rim, the rounded shoulders tapering to a flat base : The inside having been drilled out to form the container:

Condition: Very Fine:

The jar appears complete with very little external wear as pictured in my macro-photography: The internal and external surface detail ancient calcite formations developed over millenniums: A dark stain appears vertically to one area of the jar and it is suggested that this may have formed when the jar was laid upon a sand substrate over a very great number of years:

Provenance:

Thought to have been part of a larger old, early 20th Century private Swiss collection and possible that of ‘ Alton Edward Mill’s (1882-1970) – witters opinion and not unconfirmed:

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For similar material and from the likely collection see : Christies Live Action April 15. 2015: 10372: Lot 26….

Reference material and further reading: 

Where possible ancient  artifacts  may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

  • British Artefacts Vol.1, 2 and 3:  Brett Hammond [Greenlight Publishing 2010]:

  • Celtic & Roman Artefacts:  Nigel Mills  [Greenlight Publishing 2007]:

  • SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome:  Mary Beard [Profile Books 2015]:

  • 50 Bronze Age Artefacts: Portable Antiquities Scheme:  Dot Boughton [Amberley Publishing 2021]:

  • Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD 1900:  Lloyd Laing [Greenlight Publishing 2003]:

  • British Iron Age Coins In The British Museum:  Richard Hobbs [British Museum 1996]:

  • Swords of The Viking Age:  Ian Peirce: [The Boydell Press 2003]:

  • Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 85:  [Cambridge University Press

    2019]

  • Mesolithic Europe:  Geoff Bailey / Penny Spikins [Cambridge University Press 2008]

  • Viking Art:  James Graham-Campbell: [Thames & Hudson, London 2018]

  • Roman Coins Vol. 1, 2 & 3:  David R Sear: [Spink London 2000]:

  • The Roman Cavalry:  Karen R. Dixon: [B. . Batsford 1997]:

  • Rome’s Saxon Shore: Coastal  Defenses  of Roman Britain AD 250 – 500:  Nic Fields [Osprey Publishing 2006]:

  • Amulets of Ancient Egypt:   Carol Andrews: [University of Texas Press / British Museum Press 1994]:

  • The Uniforms of the Roman World: Military dress, weapons, artillery, ships, siege engines and fortifications:  Kevin F. Killey: [Anness Publishing 2017]:

Where possible finger rings may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:

  • Victorian and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF FINGER RINGS 1930:  C.C.Oman [Anglia Publishing. 1991 – Now out of print]:

  • Finger Rings:  Diana Scarisbrick / Martin Henig: [Ashmolean Museum Oxford. 2003]:

  • Ancient Rings An Illustrated Collectors Guide:  T. N. Polio: [ McFarland & Co Inc.  2018:

  • 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments of the Hand:   Le Van, Marthe; Ebendorf, Robert [W: Lark Books 2004]:

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  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Please see detailed description and pictures for condition
  • Brand: Ancient Egyptian Conical Jar
  • Style: Egyptian
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Unit Quantity: 1

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