Conical vase with a flat base. The interior is black while the exterior, coated with pale red-brown colour, bears a complex geometrical pattern. This decoration is composed of a number or horizontal bands coloured dark red, reminiscent of basket work. The whole object has been carefully polished.
Present location
INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number
L 0373
Dating
A-GROUP
Archaeological Site
AKSHA/SERRA WEST
Category
BOWL
Material
POTTERY
Technique
FORMED BY HAND
Height
18.2 cm
Diameter
17,5 cm
Bibliography
Geus Francis, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.95, n°109.
Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.16, n°27.
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