Broad ring-based cup. It bears on the upper part of the exterior a red-brown slip on which a continuous floral decoration in black has been painted, seemingly a sketch of a vine branch, a theme borrowed from Hellenistic Egypt.
Present location
INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number
L 0235
Dating
MEROITIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site
AKSHA/SERRA WEST
Category
GOBLET
Material
POTTERY
Technique
FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL
Height
6.7 cm
Diameter
10,8 cm
Bibliography
Geus Francis, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p. 110, n°142.
Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.27, n°288.
Vila André, "Le cimetière méroïtique", dans Aksha II, Paris, 1967, p.88, fig.61c et pl. I,3.
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