Terenouthis / Amphora base / Ceramic / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.1379
Object Name: Amphora base
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Terenouthis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic; Pigment
Ancient Reuse: Broken amphora base turned into paint bowl.
Weight: 696 g
Quantity: 1
Completeness: 969
Broken: broken
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Wilfong: Broken amphora being used as a bowl with red paint residue. Clay; pigment.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 2nd - 3rd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Terenouthis
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Exhibition Title: Portals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower EgyptPortals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower Egypt; Ancient Color; Case 22 - Michigan Excavations
Exhibition Curator: McCleary, Roger V.; Person, Catherine; Roberts, Caroline; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2019; 2009
Type Category: 26

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.1379
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.1379/dscn0946.jpg

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Full citation: "Terenouthis; Amphora base; Ceramic; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.1379/dscn0946.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 09, 2024.