Jar
| Object Number: | E8183 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Meroitic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Nubia Karanog Cemetery |
| Locus: | G 566 |
| Date Made: | 100-1 BCE |
| Early Date: | -100 |
| Late Date: | -1 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Ceramic Paint |
| Technique: | Painted |
| Iconography: | Giraffe Snake Trees |
| Height: | 34 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 29.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
Description
Jar decorated with a frieze of foraging giraffes and undulating snakes spitting ankh signs.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (10 Oct 1992 - 03 Oct 1993) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Adams, William Y. 2003. Nubia Los reinos del Nilo en Sudan.. Barcelona. Fundacio "la Caixa". ed. 1st. pg. 321 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 129/22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 304-05 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] O'Connor, David B. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 161/169 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 63, fig. 38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Randall-MacIver, David, and Woolley, Charles L. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (plates).. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, IV. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 41 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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