Flat-bottomed jar

Flat-bottomed jar with a rather short neck bearing an orange slip. There is black and red decoration in two horizontal superposed bands on the upper part of the exterior. The upper one is completely filled with a black design representing a vine-branch, a theme borrowed from Hellenistic Egypt, while the lower band contains a frieze composed of a series of drop-like shapes linked together by two horizontal lines.

Present location	INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number	L 0312
Dating	MEROITIC PERIOD
Archaeological Site	AKSHA/SERRA WEST
Category	JAR
Material	POTTERY
Technique	FORMED ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL
Height	23.7 cm
Diameter	19 cm

Bibliography

• Geus Francis, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille,1994, p.110, n°144.
• Vila André, "Le cimetière méroïtique", dans Aksha II, Paris, 1967, p.233, fig.206,c et pl. VI,4.
• Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p.27, n°291

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