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E8275

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E8275
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Locus G 530
Date Made 1-50 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Face | Ankh | Lotus
Description

Between lotus stems alternate red and black heads with large eyes and a crescent moon shaped element on their foreheads. Faces mouthless. Lotus blossoms and ankh signs.

Height 20 cm
Outside Diameter 16.5 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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