Bottle

Description

Bottle of black pottery incised on the shoulders with a reddened fringe-like pattern: Ancient Nubian, Upper Nubia, Meroe, Meroitic Period, c. 300 BC - 350 AD

Museum reference

A.1911.226.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Bottle

Production information

Unknown
Meroe, Upper Nubia, Sudan, Northern Africa

Date

Meroitic

Style / Culture

Meroitic Period, Ancient Nubian

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Black pottery; incised on shoulders with a reddened fringe-like pattern

Collection place(s)

Meroe, Upper Nubia, Sudan, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Liverpool Institute of Archaeology

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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