Jar
E8170
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E8170 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Meroitic |
| Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery |
| Locus | G 112 |
| Date Made | 100 BCE - 300 CE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Ceramic | Paint |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Vulture |
| Description | Decoration on this jar includes horizontal banding. At the top a four petaled floral motif; below 2 large vultures with spread wings painted white and black on a red ground. |
| Height | 33 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 30.7 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
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