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400 AD - 700 AD (made)
Place of origin

Rim sherd of an earthenware bowl with slightly grooved rim. The exterior surface is coated in an orange-red slip, and the interior surface in a yellow-brown slip. The exterior surface is painted in black with a looping motif under the rim. Below this is a horizontal black band, and then the upper part of a frontal male bust, wearing a tunic with decorated neck band. Traces to the left of this figure indicate the beginnings of another figure, perhaps the hair. The surface of the rim is painted with a black striped pattern. The interior surface is unpainted.


Object details

Categories
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 an earthenware bowl with slightly grooved rim. The exterior surface is coated in an orange-red slip, and the interior surface in a yellow-brown slip. The exterior surface is painted in black with a looping motif under the rim. Below this is a horizontal black band, and then the upper part of a frontal male bust, wearing a tunic with decorated neck band. Traces to the left of this figure indicate the beginnings of another figure, perhaps the hair. The surface of the rim is painted with a black striped pattern. The interior surface is unpainted.
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 11cm
  • Maximum height: 8.5cm
  • Of body thickness: 0.5cm
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): 53, Pl. 30
  • W.M.F. Petrie, Memphis I. Egyptian Research Account Fourteenth Year (London: Bernard Quaritch, 1909): 15, Pl. 52
Collection
Accession number
500-1908

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Record createdMarch 13, 2004
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