Accession No
Z 1241
Description
Jar; Earthenware - Globular pottery jar decorated with purple-red. Between two double lines is a sea monster of some sort holding a twig in its mouth. Perfect 1928, except for a few chips off rim. The vessel is Romano-Nubian " Blemmyan" and I doubt the inscriptions.It pobably came from Nubia and not from Thebes (signed with initials ?F.W.G 1928)
Place
Africa; ?Nubia; ?Thebes
Period
?Roman ?Romano Nubian
Source
Fitzwilliam Museum
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 1241
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Earthenware
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
See card for sketch. On back of card says ' In the Fitzwilliam Museum 25/2/81 DAS ?when transferred?' . ' Now Fitzwilliam Museum E.P.15' Found: On lower part of the vase is a paper on which is written " Roman Vessel from a tomb near Thebes" and in ink, probably copied from the paper " From a tomb near Thebes, Roman Period"
Event Date 26/8/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Globular pottery jar decorated with purple-red. Between two double lines is a sea monster of some sort holding a twig in its mouth. Perfect 1928, except for a few chips off rim. The vessel is Romano-Nubian " Blemmyan" and I doubt the inscriptions.It pobably came from Nubia and not from Thebes (signed with initials ?F.W.G 1928)
Event Date 26/8/1992
Author: maa
FM:36737
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