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water-bottle-stand
Object Type
water-bottle-stand
Museum number
EA1788
Description
Limestone stand for water-bottles; sunken top surface with three shallow circular recesses; foliated relief decoration and a mask at the centre.
Cultures/periods
Coptic
Production date
7thC-8thC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Byzantine Research Fund
Excavated by:
Reginald Campbell Thompson
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Wadi Sarga
Materials
limestone
Dimensions
Height:
35 centimetres
Weight:
100 kilograms
(approx)
Width:
74 millimetres
Depth:
38.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
See bibliographic record.
Published: Ein Gott 2015, no. 237, p. 210.
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1921 / A Guide to the early Christian and Byzantine antiquities in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities
(p.12, fig. 6)
(incl. image)
Fluck et al. 2015 / Egypt: Faith after the Pharaohs
(p.208)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2015 1 April - 15 Sept. Berlin, Bode Museum, 'EIN GOTT - Abrahams Erben am Nil'
Condition
fair - 3 (45)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Byzantine Research Fund
Acquisition date
1919
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA1788
Registration number
1919,0505.2
Conservation
Treatment
: 21 Feb 2013