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This ceramic pot in a knotted openwork string bag is one of eight found slung on a long stick. It is among a number of grave goods placed in the rich burial of a woman and child at Qurneh in Egypt, sometime in the 17th Dynasty. The woman may have been a queen.

The squat, burnished red pot has an out-turned rim, short neck and slightly pointed base. It preserves some remains of the open weave net bag which surrounded it.

The woman buried at Qurneh was a slender individual between 21 and 25 years old. She has signs of tooth decay, which was less common amongst ancient Egyptians than modern peoples. The child was about two and a half years old at death.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-459-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1909.527.21 C
• Date: 17th Dynasty
  2nd Intermediate Period: 17th Dynasty (around 1641 to 1539 BC)
  
• Material: Pottery vessel
  
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• What: Pottery vessel
  
• Subject: Tools / miscellaneous
  
• Who: Professor W.M. Flinders Petrie (Excavator)
  
• Where: Ancient Egypt
  
• Event:
• Description: One of eight pottery vessels suspended from a stick: Ancient Egyptian, 17th Dynasty
  
• References:
  • Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Qurneh. London: School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1909. 
  • Qurneh / by W.M. Flinders Petrie. London, B.S.A.E. & B. Quaritch, 1909, 6 - 10 
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