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Object Type
Museum number: 1913,1027.15
Description: Panel; bone; rectangular; incomplete; engraved with two painted Erotes holding a wreath with a rosette in the centre; in the field are a number of floral patterns and ring-and-dot designs.
Cultures/periods: Coptic; Late Roman
Production date: 4thC-5thC
Production place: Made in: Egypt
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Shurafa
Materials
Technique: carved; engraved; painted
Dimensions: Length: 160 millimetres; Width: 70 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Loverdou-Tsigarida 2000 / Οστέινα πλακίδια: Διακόσμηση ξύλινων κιβωτιδίων από τη χριστιανική Αίγυπτο (76) (listed as Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum); Petrie at al 1915 / Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa (p. 44, pl. LI.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; flower; classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1913
Acquisition notes: Register says found c.6 miles south of Helouan.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1913,1027.15

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