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History of ancient pottery (1858)

Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : J. Murray · leaf 77

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nately neither the hieroglyphics nor the inscriptions afford much information respecting the manner in which they were used. The offerings to the gods, of milk and wine, appear indeed to have been made in little amphorae, many of which come from Saqqara. Some of these vases represent those of… … No, 11.— Group of plain terra-cotta Vases. Egypt. Room, Nos. 5074, £063, 5267, 5075 round the neck or collar, which are about -§- inch in diameter, so as to admit of their being slung on a small cord of palm-fibres, and thus transported from place to place. Probably the larger vases contained…

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