British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · other
stopper
Description
Yellow plaster stopper still in the neck of an Egyptian wine amphora with a Nile silt pottery disc plug. The stopper has been impressed with a circular stamp and then painted red (only traces remain). The stamp impression depicts a cross (21mm across) surrounded with Greek text. The stopper is made from lime plaster or lime plaster and gypsum mix. There is a mark… View more about description
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA53957 tier-2
- BM-Registration 1915,0207.7 tier-2
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