Jar
Object Number:
E8170
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Meroitic
Provenience:
Egypt
Nubia
Karanog
Locus:
G 112
Date Made:
100 BC - AD 300
Early Date:
-100
Late Date:
300
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Ceramic
Paint
Technique:
Painted
Iconography:
Vulture
Description:
Decoration on this jar includes horizontal banding. At the top a four petaled floral motif; below 2 large vultures with spread wings painted white and black on a red ground.
Height:
33cm
Outside Diamater:
30.7cm
Bibliography:
[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 161
[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 48
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