Karanis / platter, African slipware / Ceramic / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3431
Other Number: Johnson p. 49, no. 246
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: platter, African slipware
Lot: University of michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic; Slip
Design Style: African Red Slip Ware
Length: ;
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Weight: ;2115g
Inscribed: yes
Full Artifact Description: In good condition. Within a medallion (diameter: 16.2 cm) in the interior of the bowl, are three flared-armed Latin crosses. The largest cross in the center is 15.98 cm high. All three crosses are examples of the crux gemmata. The omega and alpha which hang from the cross are reversed. An extension at the top left may be a XP symbol. The crosses on either side are from the same stamp with the same missing ends top and bottom. Red slip ware.
Subjects: Cross
Unit Grid Number: 0136
Component/Room: 00K
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: “Survey completed” - Unknown conservation survey
Exhibition Title: The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Case 43 - Carthage
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Publication Title: The art of seals : a gallery guide : aesthetic and social dynamics of the pressed image from antiquity to the present.; The Gods of Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period; Pottery from Karanis: Excavations of the University of Michigan
Publication Author: Root, Margaret Cool; Haeckl, A.E.; Spelman, K.C.; Johnson, B.
Publication Year: 1984; 1977; 1981
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3431
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3431/dscn5534.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; platter, African slipware; Ceramic; Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3431/dscn5534.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.