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English: Clay Spindle Bottle

This small pottery vessel is known as a spindle bottle. It may or may not be of Egyptian manufacture, but vessels of this type are known from Ptolemaic Egypt. They were either made abroad or imported, often with contents of perfume, medicine or even poison. They were also made in Egypt, imitating the original imports. Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. NWHCM : 1975.654.6 : A Rim diameter: 23mm Diameter: 23mm Height: 104mm From Thetford Museum, 1975.

Photograph number: Eg00238.jpg
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Source http://www.egyptweb.norfolk.gov.uk/Eg00289.htm
Author Thetford Museum

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