Accession No
Z 18054
Description
4 sherds with painted leaf design.
'Three sherds with quite delicate painted leaf designs; one on pale buff pottery with a pale cream slip and leaf and twig motif in reddish brown and brown; another of buff pottery with more stylised leaves, black/dark-brown outline with reddish brown infill alternating with spade shaped leaves, short stem with black infill; the third of reddish pottery painted with a long stem in brown with leaves infilled with brown radiating from the stem; the fourth sherd is slipped pale cream in and out and has a central reddish line which has brown lines painted at an angle radiating from each side, rather like a feather. J.Somerville.'
Place
Africa; ?Sudan : Africa; Ethiopia; ?Meroe
Period
Unstated
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 18054; 5393; 5253; SL 2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
4 sherds with painted leaf design.
'Three sherds with quite delicate painted leaf designs; one on pale buff pottery with a pale cream slip and leaf and twig motif in reddish brown and brown; another of buff pottery with more stylised leaves, black/dark-brown outline with reddish brown infill alternating with spade shaped leaves, short stem with black infill; the third of reddish pottery painted with a long stem in brown with leaves infilled with brown radiating from the stem; the fourth sherd is slipped pale cream in and out and has a central reddish line which has brown lines painted at an angle radiating from each side, rather like a feather. J.Somerville.'
Event Date 4/8/2003
Author: maa
FM:136191
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