Légende

Fragment of a utility vessel. Made of type C Nile clay, highly porous with organic admixtures chaff and gold mica flakes. Thick fracture, dark gray Unworked surface exterior and interior brown, Engraved and plastic decoration, hand-applied. A horizontal half-cylinder, plastically modeled with recesses made with fingers or a round tool, separates the upper from the lower part. Top: a row of parallel recesses additionally decorated with a knurl. Lower: two partially preserved finger-shaped arcades made of glued-on clay rolls; a knob made from a clay disc is glued under one arcade. Wavy engraved lines run along the arcades. Above the arcades is a horizontal row of diagonal recesses—remains of the rope imprint used to tie the vessel during drying. 6th–7th century. Tell Atrib. Vessel; height 14 cm, width 11 cm, thickness 2 cm., A single irregular fragment of a hard material with a rough texture is centered against a plain background. The fragment shows a flat face with visible horizontal striations and small pits, and a rougher, uneven edge with a different texture. The colors visible include shades of reddish-brown and terra cotta on the flat face, darker gray along the rough edge, and a neutral light gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_047

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.4Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment utility vessel type C Nile clay highly porous organic admixtures chaff gold mica flakes Thick fracture dark gray Unworked surface exterior interior brown Engraved plastic decoration hand-applied horizontal half-cylinder plastically modeled recesses fingers round tool separates upper lower part Top row parallel additionally decorated knurl Lower two partially preserved finger-shaped arcades glued-on clay rolls knob clay disc glued under arcade Wavy engraved lines run arcades horizontal row diagonal recesses remains rope imprint tie vessel drying 6th–7th century Tell Atrib Vessel height 14 cm width 11 cm thickness 2 cm single irregular fragment hard material rough texture centered plain background fragment flat face visible horizontal striations small pits rougher uneven edge different texture colors visible include shades reddish-brown terra cotta darker gray rough edge neutral light gray background.