Lid
E8737
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| 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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