Object types
amphora (all objects)
Materials
pottery (scope note | all objects)
Techniques
slipped (scope note | all objects)
Place (findspot)
Found/Acquired Egypt (all objects)
Date
4thC-7thC(early)
Description
Late Roman 1 pottery amphora; buff slip; red-painted Greek text on shoulder.
Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: shoulder
Inscription Language: Greek
Inscription Comment: May mention the Greek word "wine", though mispelt with a eta rather than iota, and starts with the letters KMT (Christ born of Mary) followed by a monogrammed cross (comments by D.M. Bailey)
Dimensions
Height: 46 centimetres
Diameter: 33 centimetres (mouth)
Condition
fair
Curator's comments
Produced in Cyprus or south coast of Turkey, but presumably found in Egypt (D.M. Bailey)).
For parallels, cf. ZPE 94 (1992): 135-51; Cahiers de la ceramique Egyptienne 4 (1996): 80 [8].
Acquisition date
1919
Acquisition name
Purchased from Mohammed Mohassib (biographical details | all objects)
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