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Making stone vessels in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Denys A. Stocks
Denys A. Stocks*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England
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Abstract

How were the fine stone jars and vessels of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia made? An experimental test of materials and techniques explores the methods of early drilling.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 256 , September 1993, pp. 596 - 603
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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