Jar

Object Number:

E8157

Current Location:

Imagine Africa

Culture:

Meroitic

Provenience:

Egypt
Nubia
Aniba
Karanog

Locus:

G 712

Date Made:

100-1 BC

Early Date:

-100

Late Date:

-1

Section:

Egyptian

Materials:

Ceramic
Paint

Iconography:

wreath
swans
trees
bugs
"tables of the sun"

Description:

Decoration on the jar consists of two wreaths at the top; below, swans, trees, bugs and "tables of the sun". Blue-black and white on a red ground.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (10 Oct 1992 - 03 Oct 1993)

Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011 - Jan 2013)

Bibliography:

[Book] Adams, William Y. et al. 2003. Nubia Los reinos del Nilo en Sudan. 321 p. : Page/Fig./Plate: 270/244

[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 160

[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 45

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