A marble jar-stand made of marble in Al-Ashmunein storehouse (a comparative archaeological artistic study)

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Lecturer in Department of Islamic Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University.(Egypt)

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This paper aims to study a marble jar-stand (kilga), in Al-Ashmunein storehouse in Mallawi town - Minia governorate - Egypt, this kilga not published before, and it will be studied and published in this paper for the first time. The study includes description of this kilga and analysis of its industry material, techniques of industry, techniques of decoration, design, decorative elements and discussion of some opinions about the use of marble jar-stands (kilga). This paper will date this kilga and determine its provenance by a comparative study

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