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1945.11.188

Red pottery vessel, narrow foot, wide rim. Single incised band around the shoulder. Crack on one side of the vessel. [ASh [OPS move] 10/02/2016]

1945.11.188

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red pottery vessel, narrow foot, wide rim. Single incised band around the shoulder. Crack on one side of the vessel. [ASh [OPS move] 10/02/2016]
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Nubia Faras
Date / Period
Date made: 0-300?, uncertain Archaeological period: Meroitic Period, uncertain
Date collected
? 1913
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921, uncertain Donated: 1930, uncertain Found unentered: 1945
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment
Dimensions
Diameter: max 118 mm, Height: max 98 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.11.188
Research and responses

Examined in March 2007 by Eric McCann, a PhD student from the Institute of Archaeology London, who noted this object was probably from Firka during the mid to late Ballana Period. [ZM 29/03/2007]

Search terms: Vessel, Death, Pottery, Religion, Grave Good

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