Jar-seal made from mud and straw and of white lime cement with faint relief designs indicating ownership on one side. [FB 24/07/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Jar-seal made from mud and straw and of white lime cement with faint relief designs indicating ownership on one side. [FB 24/07/2014]
Long description: Jar-seal made from mud and straw and of white lime cement with faint relief designs indicating ownership on one side. The other side has indentations indicating where straw once was. The design on the front incorporates a 'x' in the centre. [FB 24/07/2014]
Geographical reference: Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt; Antinoe
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Egypt Exploration Fund
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Roman, uncertain Archaeological period: Byzantine, uncertain
Date collected: By 1915
Acquisition information: Donated: 1915
Materials and processes: Material Earth, Material Straw Fibre Plant, Material Lime, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Height: max 24 mm, Depth: max 77 mm, Width: max 94 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1915.41.9
Associated publications: Johnson, J. de M. 1914. Antione and its Papyri: excavation by the Graeco-Roman Branch, 1913-14. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 26/06/2012]

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