British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · vessel

amphora

Accession: 1887,0101.738
Find spot: Tell Dafana, Ismailiya, el- (Governorate), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Archaic Greek
Date: 6thC BC (mid)
Date range: 500 CE – 599 CE
Materials: ['pottery']
Repository: British Museum
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British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan, amphora (1887,0101.738). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/16535

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Description

Neck from an amphora of pale brown pottery with a pale cream slip on the interior and exterior. The fabric contains many inclusions of white limestone chips, flint and other bits of grit. It has a tendency to laminate, possible as a consequence of salt action, with the result that the object is cracked in numerous places. At each side of the neck is a scar… View more about description

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Found at Tell Dafana

Cross-references (2)

BM-Object Y_EA23776 tier-2
BM-Registration 1887,0101.738 tier-2

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