British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · vessel

amphora

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Description

Pottery amphora with a grooved, pierced and rounded base, sides covered with a brown painted Coptic inscription: expanding to a rounded shoulder with two handles above, ridged neck, everted rim decorated with a brown slip.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · on sides

English description

Note: Painted. Text contains lists of male names. First list on the front consists of sixteen lines, second list of twenty lines, third list of twety four lines, fourth list of sixteen lines. The list on the back consists of thirty lines.

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA32617 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1900,0609.130 tier-2
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