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Fragment

400 AD - 600 AD (made)
Place of origin

Rim sherd of a deep bowl with grooved rim. The interior and exterior surfaces are coated in a red slip, and the exterior surface painted in black with two bands of geometric design. The interior surface is unpainted.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Slipped and painted earthenware
Brief description
Fragment of a bowl, slipped and painted earthenware, Athribis, Egypt, Late Antique
Physical description
Rim sherd of a deep bowl with grooved rim. The interior and exterior surfaces are coated in a red slip, and the exterior surface painted in black with two bands of geometric design. The interior surface is unpainted.
Dimensions
  • Width: 14.5cm
  • Height: 9cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
Found at Sohag / Athribis, 1907-8 excavation season.
Bibliographic references
  • R. el-Sayed and K.C. Lakomy, Petrie’s 1907/08 Dig Season near Sūhāğ, Part II: The Corpus of Finds. 1. Ceramic Vessels and Sherds. Studia Panopolitana Occasional Paper 3 (Weisbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2017): 52, Pl. 29
  • W.M.F. Petrie, Memphis I. Egyptian Research Account Fourteenth Year (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1909): 15, Pl. 52
Collection
Accession number
499-1908

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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