Caption
Jug, unknown Aswan workshop; jugs, tableware, Egyptian sigillata, Aswan pottery, Egyptian pottery, Coptic pottery. Kaolin clay, defective firing. Jug with a rounded and outward-turning rim, a cylindrical neck tapering at the base and provided with circumferential rollers midway up and at the base. Sloping shoulders merge into an ovoid belly. A preserved trace of a vise indicates it connected the middle of the neck with the upper part of the shoulders. Flat bottom, curved inward. Pink kaolin ceramic body Gempler IA. Surfaces eroded, but remnants of a yellow engobe survive in the bottom section. Below the vice attachment point, on the left side near the bottom, a dent in the wall is visible, probably from a firing error. 5th–7th century, Edfu find location. Vessel, jug. Height 15.7+ cm preserved; rim dia. 5.0 cm; neck dia. 2.4 cm; body dia. 9.7 cm; bottom dia. 4.0 cm., An earthenware vessel with a rough, textured surface in shades of terracotta, ochre, and muted brown floats against a plain gray background; the vessel has a rounded body that tapers upward to a narrow, irregular neck and a broken, flared rim, with visible surface abrasions, patches of lighter discoloration, and small indentations.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A19_075
License type
Rights managed
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77.2Mb (986.6Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)