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Stone vessels in the Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC): examples

most of the stone vessels in the Middle Kingdom are made of calcite or anhydrite;
the forms are rather simple

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First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom
Dynasty 1 - Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty 1 - Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty 1 - Second Intermediate Period
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom (only ?)
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late Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
late Middle Kingdom
Middle Kingdom

typology of Middle Kingdom stone vessels

datings: Aston 1994: 79-146


 

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