Clear glass bottle containing two lumps of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Made:
1901-1915

Clear glass bottle containing two lumps of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC, bottle English(?), 1901-1915

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658574
Materials:
glass and stopper, cotton wool
Measurements:
height 175 mm
rim: diameter 48 mm
base: diameter 62 mm
type:
bottles

Parts

Lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Clear glass bottle with 1 lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC, bottle likely, English, 1901-1915

Measurements:
height 175 mm
rim: diameter 48 mm
base: diameter 62 mm
Materials:
cotton (fibre) and glass
Object Number:
A658574/1
type:
bottles
Lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Lump of yellow beeswax found in Egyptian grave of 1500BC

Object Number:
A658574/2
type:
beeswax

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