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E8293

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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