LUCAS, Alfred ; ROWE, Alan

ASAE 40

Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Le Caire | Cairo, 1940, p. 69-92

Egyptian Museum (Le CaireCairo)

sans contexte archéologique without archaeological context

[401, 700]

domaine domestique domestic sphere

mesure measure 

bois non identifié wood not identified

bois avec d'autres materiaux wood with other materials chevelure pegging travaillé worked

Wooden measure (sub-chapter IV, p. 77, Pl. XIII,b), circular in section with sloping sides, slightly wider at bottom than at top, fastened together with wooden pegs, repaired by means of a piece of thick copper wire (anciently?), H. 13.3 cm, Dia. 18-21.5 cm (inside), capacity 4.524 cubic centimeters, uninscribed. Well used. Possibly for dry goods, like corn, capacity equal to 9 henew. Unknown provenance, “Coptic” period dating suggested by the Museum Register (J.29864).

Egypte Egypt

consommation