Lid

E8737

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E8737
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Locus G 735
Date Made 1-50 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Crocodile
Description

Rectangular lid of a box. The lid is decorated with an image of a crocodile painted red on a light ground. There is a projection (handle?) at one end decorated with eyes.

Height 3.9 cm
Length 17 cm
Width 9.7 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908

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