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76 CATALOGUE DU MUSÉE DU CAIRE.<br />

rim, lowcr end al foot of neck (very riidely); Lody iluted Lorizoïilally from below<br />

neck downwards, the flulings bccoming more and more faint.<br />

CoLOUR :<br />

Pbeservation : Moulh<br />

Light l'ed clay with liglit yellowish slip.<br />

gliied on: slight crack on one side; discoloured.<br />

26332. Large amphora. — Height o m. gS cent., breadth o m. 3 i cent.<br />

SiiAi'E : Carrot-sliaped body wilh bulgo below sboulder and with a tip at tlie end like<br />

n" 9633 i; long narrow neck with thin, sloping rim; sniall vertical handles, nearly<br />

semi-circular, attached below rim; neck iluted horizontally; horizontal mouldings<br />

like overlapping swathes round the bulge below sboulder.<br />

CoLOUR : Dark red clay.<br />

Préservation : Rim<br />

cbipped; surface discoloured.<br />

26333. Large amphora. — Height o m. g^i cent., breadth o m. 39 cent.<br />

Shape : Like n" 26332; sides taper downwards to a point: neck and bulge below<br />

sboulder Iluted horizontally.<br />

CoLOUR :<br />

Red clay with yellowish white slip.<br />

Préservation : Discoloured.<br />

26334. Large amphora. — Height m. 98 cent., breadth m. î2 35 mill. —<br />

Serapenm, October 1869.<br />

Shape : Same as n° 2 6333 with longer neck and narrower sboulder.<br />

Colour :<br />

Red clay.<br />

Préservation : Inside coated with pitch; patches of same on neck; black spots<br />

lower down.<br />

BiBL. : Journal d'enirèe du Musée, n" aooiî/i.<br />

26335. Large amphora. — Height 1 m. f?6 cent., breadth (without handles)<br />

m. 9 i5 mill.<br />

SuAPE : Very long narrow vessel; sides curve sharply inwards to form a tip; no distinction<br />

between neck and body except that ihere is a slight bulge about half-way down; the<br />

part above this bulge is fluted horizontally; mouth- pièce concave on top; small<br />

vertical handles.<br />

GoLouR :<br />

Light red clay with yellowish white slip, baked red in places.<br />

Préservation : Tip broken off; two small holes below one of the handles.

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