The surface of this flat-bottomed cup bears a beige slip on which painted decoration has been applied. This decoration consists of a frieze of rectangular panels alternately containing a stylised life sign and two four-leaved floral motifs, themselves placed inside two superposed horizontal rectangles. These designs are orange-red, surrounded by brown and framed by a brown double line. The base of the vase, still visible here, bears the representation of an Isis knot painted with a brown line.
Present location
INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number
L 0252
Dating
MEROITIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site
AKSHA/SERRA WEST
Category
GOBLET
Material
POTTERY
Technique
FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL
Height
7.7 cm
Diameter
9,8 cm
Bibliography
Geus Francis, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p. 109, n°141.
Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.27, n°283.
Vila André, "Le cimetière méroïtique", dans Aksha II, Paris, 1967, p.166, fig.143.