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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
1910,0222.217
Description
Ring foot and base sherd of Egyptian black ware pottery bowl; dark grey Nile silt fabric; dull and very worn black slip on interior and exterior; inscription in interior.
Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Production date
3rdC BC - 1stC BC
Production place
Made in:
Naukratis
(?)
Made in:
Nile Delta
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Egyptian Black Ware
Technique
slipped
Dimensions
Diameter:
3.60 centimetres
(of foot)
Height:
2.20 centimetres
Thickness:
1.10 centimetres
Width:
6.40 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Petrie 1886 / Naukratis. Part I., 1884-85
(pl. XXXIV, no. 615)
Bernand 1970 / Le Delta égyptien d'après les textes grecs, i: les confins libyques
(p. 673, no. 317)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(IC.073)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1910
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1910,0222.217