Caption
Jug, unknown Aswan workshop, jugs, tableware, Egyptian sigillata, tableware, 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 that it connected the middle part 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 have survived in the bottom section. Below the vice attachment point, on the left side near the bottom, a dent in the wall is visible, probably the result of a firing error. 5th–7th century, Edfu, vessel, jug. Height 15.7+ cm preserved; diameter 5.0 cm rim; diameter 2.4 cm neck; diameter 9.7 cm body; diameter 4.0 cm bottom., A single clay vessel with a rounded body and a narrow neck is centered against a plain gray background; the vessel has a rough, weathered surface in shades of reddish-brown and tan with darker grayish patches, and its rim is irregular and chipped.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A19_078
License type
Rights managed
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77.2Mb (935.4Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)