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E8275
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E8275 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Meroitic |
Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery |
Locus | G 530 |
Date Made | 1-50 CE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Face | Ankh | Lotus |
Description | Between lotus stems alternate red and black heads with large eyes and a crescent moon shaped element on their foreheads. Faces mouthless. Lotus blossoms and ankh signs. |
Height | 20.57 cm |
Outside Diameter | 57.15 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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