Clay storage jar
Clay storage jar with painted decoration.
Clay storage jar with painted decoration. The rim and shoulder are 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, zig-zag lines and circles. 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: 0.14 m
Width: 0.185 m
Method of acquisition: Given by Unknown
Roman
Circa
100
CE
-
Circa
300
CE
Accession number: E.P.552
Primary reference Number: 150629
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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