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Perfume flask

Category:

Containers and related objects, vessels, ampullae (Flasks)

Date:

Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period, 2nd to 3rd cent. CE

Provenance:

Upper Egypt, Fayoum, Umm El-Brigat (Tebtonis/Tebtunis) (excavations of the Ifao and the University of Milan, 1991 season)

Material(s):

Man made material, glass

Height:

3.6 cm;

Diameter:

2.9 cm

Hall:

Islamic Antiquities, showcase 30

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

References

Claudio Gallazzi and Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, Trésors inattendus: 30 ans de fouilles et de coopération à Tebtynis (Fayoum), Bibliothèque générale 57 (Cairo: Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, 2019): 192, no. 123.

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