Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Information
Reddish-grey mould for manufacturing small faience objects in the shape of small fish. A faint white substance is still visible around the mould cavity. Rounded back to mould. Compare with W M Flinders Petrie, Tell el-Amarna (London, 1894), plate XVII, no. 332.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 56.21.213
- Collection type
- Tools
- Culture
- New Kingdom
- Date made
- 1352 BC - 1336 BC (Dynasty 18: Reign of Akhenaten)
- Collector
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Tell el Amarna
- Date collected
- 1892
- Materials
- Pottery
- Measurements
- Overall: 11 mm x 18 mm x 23 mm
- Credit line
- Purchased from the collections of Norwich Castle Museum
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Location
- Item not currently on display
- Publications