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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

Badari tomb 5262	Thebes, tomb A 21	Thebes tomb A 54	Harageh tomb 122	Harageh tomb 661	Qau, tomb of Wahka II
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 ?)
Harageh tomb 602	Rifeh tomb 243	Rifeh tomb 243	Rifeh tomb 243	Abydos tomb 817	Abydos tomb 817
late Middle Kingdom		Middle Kingdom		late Middle Kingdom	Middle Kingdom

typology of Middle Kingdom stone vessels

datings: Aston 1994: 79-146