Dolphin Aryballos

Object Number:

E7352

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Meroitic

Provenience:

Egypt
Nubia
Aniba

Locus:

G 45

Date Made:

1-299 AD

Early Date:

Late Date:

299

Section:

Egyptian

Materials:

Glass
Bronze

Description:

Oil flask; Greenish white glass. Globular aryballos-shaped body with metal basket-handle. 2 dolphin-like handles; dolphinflasche. See Harden, Roman Glass, p. 252, note 2.

Credit Line:

Coxe Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery

Other Number:

GL-EG (ancient glass project)

Other Number

Bibliography:

[Book] Thomas, Nancy. The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt. : Page/Fig./Plate: 246/128

[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 25, 38

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