Légende

Plate, unknown Aswan workshop; flat plate on a low ring-shaped foot. Rim poorly defined, rounded at top, with a vertical, slightly concave outer wall. Surfaces covered with red engobe and polished; made of pink kaolin clay. Decoration by engraving and imprinting: three concentric grooves on inner bottom, roulette motif between outer grooves, central stamped cross in form of a crux gemmata. Egyptian pottery Egyptian sigillata, tableware/Coptic vessel; stamp impressions, stamped and roulette decoration. 6th–7th century; findspot Edfu. Vessel/plate; height 5.0–5.3 cm; diameter rim 26.8 cm; diameter bottom 13.7 cm., A round, shallow dish with a worn, matte surface in shades of terracotta and muted orange sits centered against a flat, uniform background of cool gray. The dish shows subtle variations in color with areas of lighter peach and darker rust, and faint circular ridges and scuff marks across its face. There are a few triangular repair lines and slightly darker patches near the rim, and the overall texture appears smooth but aged. The background is an even bluish-gray with no additional objects.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A04_232

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.3Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Plate unknown Aswan workshop flat plate low ring-shaped foot Rim poorly defined rounded top vertical slightly concave outer wall Surfaces covered red engobe polished pink kaolin clay Decoration engraving imprinting three concentric grooves inner bottom roulette motif outer grooves central stamped cross form crux gemmata Egyptian pottery Egyptian sigillata tableware Coptic vessel stamp impressions roulette decoration 6th–7th century findspot Edfu Vessel plate height 5.0–5.3 cm diameter rim 26.8 cm bottom 13.7 cm round shallow dish worn matte surface shades terracotta muted orange sits centered flat uniform background cool gray dish subtle variations color areas lighter peach darker rust faint circular ridges scuff marks across face triangular repair lines darker patches near texture smooth aged background even bluish-gray no additional objects.