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Cooking pot (Chytra)

Cooking pot (Chytra)
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Cooking pot (Chytra)

Category:
Containers and related objects, vessels, cooking pots, cauldrons
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Nelson Island
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height: 
18.5 cm;
diameter: 
23.5 cm;
diameter of the rim: 
13 cm
Hall:
Nelson Island Collection, showcase 34



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 271, 336.
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