Category:
Containers and related objects, vessels, kantharoi
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Nelson Island
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
9.8 cm;
diameter of the rim:
10.6 cm;
diameter of the base:
7.8 cm
Hall:
Nelson Island Collection, showcase 34
The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.
References
- Cécile Harlaut, “Aux origines d’Alexandrie et de sa production céramique, vases de contextes hellénistiques anciens, provenant d’Alexandrie, de l’île de Nelson (région de Canope), et de Plinthine (Chôra occidentale) 331-250 av. J.-C.”, in Cécile Harlaut and John W Hayes, Pottery in Hellenistic Alexandria, Études alexandrines 45 (Alexandria: Centre d’Études Alexandrines, 2018): 68 ; 137, fig. 17, no. 95; 158, Pl. E.1.