This is a bowl showing a core mark from production. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Egyptian alabaster workers were skilled at using a variety of…

This is a wide rimmed pot. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. This pot was probably made to hold cosmetics. The makers of kohl pots and…

This is a round pot. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Most early stone vases, bowls and jars were made from alabaster or limestone. Alabaster is…

This is a kohl pot. It is from El-Kab. Kohl pots were used used to store eye make-up (kohl). The type of pot in which kohl was kept varied from…

This is a stone bowl with a drill mark. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Stoneworkers used a hollow drill bit to remove a core from…

This is a cylindrical drill core.

This is a cap drill. It is from the shrine of Prahesi, El-'Amarna (Akhetaten). Stoneworkers and carpenters used drills to make holes. They used a stone cap drill like this…

This is a vase grinder. It is from Memphis. The craftsmen making pots from soft Egyptian alabaster or harder stone had limited tools. They shaped the outside of the pot…

This is a breccia stone pot. It is from Grave 133, Ab'adiya (Hut-Sekhem, Diospolis Parva). Stoneworkers who specialised in making stone pots worked with basic tools. The outside of the…

This is a stone fragment with a name inscribed on one side. It is from Dendara. Stone masons varied in their skills. This door drum from a tomb is a…