amphora; handle

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Object Type: amphora; handle
Museum number: EA84811
Description: Two fragments of a Rhodian amphora of wheel-made pottery, including rim and upper part of a handle on which is an unclear oval stamp. The ware is light orange, hard, dense, well-fired and tempered with whitish grits (?).
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Qasr Ibrim (Nubia), South Rampart Strreet, Section C Level: 3B
Materials
Technique: wheel-made; stamped
Dimensions: Height: 10.20 centimetres; Length: 5.80 centimetres (handle); Length: 2.05 centimetres (stamp); Thickness: 0.90 centimetres (max); Thickness: 0.60 centimetres (min); Width: 7.70 centimetres (max); Width: 1.40 centimetres (stamp); Depth: 1.40 centimetres (rim)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA84811
Registration number: 2008,1008.3540
Additional IDs: Excavation/small finds number: 80.2.7/98 (excavation object cat. no.)

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