Jar

Object Number:

E8293

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Meroitic

Provenience:

Egypt
Nubia
Karanog

Locus:

G 162

Date Made:

75-125 AD

Early Date:

Late Date:

125

Section:

Egyptian

Materials:

Ceramic
Paint

Technique:

Painted

Iconography:

Giraffe
Palm Tree

Description:

Cylindrical vessel decorated with giraffes and a palm tree painted white and black on a red ground on the body. On the shoulder are Isis knots, faces, and ankhs.

Height:

38cm

Outside Diamater:

20.2cm

Bibliography:

[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 164

[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 42

[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 43

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