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Staetite toilet vase
Inscriped with the name of sealbearer Kemes (last 3 readable sign from bottom). The vase was used to contain kohl, or black eye-paint. It is 3.3cm high and 3.1cm in diameter.
From Lisht, Memphite area, Upper Egypt.
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, dynasty 12, 1850 - 1775 BC.
Source: Metropolitan Museum - http://jenn2d2.tumblr.com/post...
Apr 5, 2015
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