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E8293
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E8293 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Meroitic |
Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery |
Locus | G 162 |
Date Made | 75-125 CE |
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 | 38 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20.2 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
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