Caption

Bottle, unknown Egyptian workshop. Bottle with a rounded and falling rim, concavely profiled. The almost cylindrical neck flows into rounded handles covered with fine ribs. Two handles one fragmentarily preserved are attached to the lower part of the neck and upper part of the shoulders. The ovoid body shows grooves on its lower part traces of turning; the base is ring-shaped. Outer surface brown and smoothed. Made of A4 marl clay with limestone inclusions. On the shoulders is faint painted decoration in black: two arcades composed of parallel arches separated by a row of dots, arranged symmetrically one between the handles. At the highest bulge of the body, below a damaged handle, there is an irregular concentration of a black substance, probably bitumen used to seal or repair the wall. Painted Coptic pottery/vessel, Coptic-style painted decoration. 6th century, Edfu. Vessel bottle. Height 22.7 cm; spout diameter 4.3 cm; neck diameter 3.0 cm; belly diameter 14.9 cm; bottom diameter 7.2 cm., A top-down view of a round clay vessel with a short neck and a handle attached near the opening, placed on a smooth surface; the vessel shows earthy tones of brown and reddish-brown with some grayish patches, and the background surface is a uniform light gray that casts a soft shadow beside the vessel.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A19_057

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Keywords

Bottle unknown Egyptian workshop rounded falling rim concavely profiled almost cylindrical neck flows handles covered fine ribs Two handles fragmentarily preserved attached lower part neck upper part shoulders ovoid body grooves lower part traces turning base ring-shaped Outer surface brown smoothed A4 marl clay limestone inclusions faint painted decoration black two arcades composed parallel arches separated row dots arranged symmetrically highest bulge body damaged handle irregular concentration black substance bitumen seal repair wall Painted Coptic pottery vessel Coptic-style 6th century Edfu Vessel bottle Height 22.7 cm spout diameter 4.3 cm neck diameter 3.0 cm belly diameter 14.9 cm bottom diameter 7.2 cm top-down view round clay short neck handle near opening placed smooth surface earthy tones brown reddish-brown grayish patches background surface uniform light gray casts soft shadow beside vessel.