Jug
Object Number:
E7512
Current Location:
Rome Gallery
Culture:
Meroitic
Provenience:
Egypt
Nubia
Karanog
Locus:
G 187
Date Made:
100BC-AD300
Early Date:
-100
Late Date:
300
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Bronze
Iconography:
female
Description:
Bronze. Decorated with a trefoil mouth and handle terminating below in a female mask, above in a human figure whose arms encircle the rim of the vessel; another mask and other decorative elements appear on the handle.
Height:
15cm
Width:
9.3cm
Outside Diamater:
9.3cm
Credit Line:
Coxe Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (10 Oct 1992 - 03 Oct 1993)
Roman World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 160/160
[Book] Woolley, C. Leonard; D. Randall-Maciver. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (plates). Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Vol. IV. : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 29
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