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Bowl decorated with a Tilapia fish

Bowl decorated with a Tilapia fish
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0870

Inv.Inventory
 (Coptic Museum) 6719

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Bowl decorated with a Tilapia fish

Category:
Containers and related objects, vessels, plates
Date:
Byzantine Period (395-641 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Qalyubiya, Tell Atrib (Athribis)
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
13.7 cm;
Diameter:
45 cm
Hall:
Byzantine Antiquities, showcase 21



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 120.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 184-185, 326.
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