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Clay storage jar
Clay storage jar with painted decoration.
Clay storage jar with painted decoration. Only the shoulder is preserved. The vessel was wheelmade and covered on the outside with a slip (a mixture of water, pigment and clay). It is decorated with bands of black lines, with white paint applied between the upper section. In between the bands is a floral motif consisting of black blobs (representing grapes or leaves) with added white dots. Jars similar to these have been found in temple areas and it is thought that they may have been dedicated there. It is also possible that priests living in the quarters around the temples also used such vessels. This fragment came into the museum probably through the Oxford Nubia Expedition, but because there were a number of fragments the objects were never formally registered. The clay is typical of that from southern Egypt/Nubia.
Height: 0.152 m
Width: 0.16 m
Method of acquisition: Given by Unknown
Roman
Circa
100
CE
-
Circa
300
CE
Accession number: E.P.556
Primary reference Number: 150627
Oldadmincategory: P
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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