Corsi 930, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 930 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Alabastro fortezzino, probably from one of several quarries at Hatnub, Mallawi, and other locations in the Nile valley, Eastern desert, Egypt. |
| Geological description: | Fine-grained compact travertine with some slender orange bands, hosted in a nummulitic limestone. |
| Comments: | The nummulitic limestone hosting this alabaster, together with the very slender orange bands is it, suggest it is an Egyptian alabaster. |
| References: | Corsi (1845) 123-131, 137; Merrill (1893); Nicholson & Shaw (2000); Price (2007) 48-49 |
| Further information: |
Alabaster-travertine.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; i. Antique alabaster |
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| Corsi's text: | 98.48/ S15.8 Alabastro antico. Marmor Alabastrum. Alabastro fortezzino. |