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MM 11067a :: fragment, sherd

Object description: Base sherd of a vessel with a convex profile and a ring base. Black coated, polished with an exterior incised decoration. The top of the sherd features a curved line, below are two parallel lines. The main part of the decoration appears to be multiple vertical registers, filled in with dots. Adjacent to the base is a circumscribing line.

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Inventory number

MM 11067a

Serie nummer

7607

Previous ID

E1067A, G-A29, Gayer-Anderson Coll.

Object

fragment; sherd

Object, Swedish

skärva; krukskärva, inskriberad, svart-polerad

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Lera; Keramik; Keramik

Acquisition

Purchased from Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson 3.9.1934 by Curator P. Lugn

Acquisition, Swedish

Från R. G. Gayer-Andersons samling.

Description

Base sherd of a vessel with a convex profile and a ring base. Black coated, polished with an exterior incised decoration. The top of the sherd features a curved line, below are two parallel lines. The main part of the decoration appears to be multiple vertical registers, filled in with dots. Adjacent to the base is a circumscribing line.

Name - Acquired from

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Description: Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson, Major, after qualifying as a Doctor at Guy's Hospital, became an officer in the Royal Army, Medical Corps. He received his commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1903. He was lent to the Egyptian Government in 1905 by the British Government and spent the rest of his carrier in service of Egypt, in both military and civil capacities, reaching the rank of "Lewa" (Major General) and having the title of Pasha conferred upon him. He collected Egyptian objects of great significance. They are preserved in Gayer-Anderson Pasha museum in Cairo. He is the author of "Legends of the Bait al-Kretliya" (Luzac, London) and Christeros, poems (Wilding, Shrewsbury). He died in Lavenham in 1945. (www.indianminiature.org, 2012-08-31)
Source - http: vocab.getty.edu, collections.smvk.se, digitaltmuseum.org, id.loc.gov
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: en.wikipedia.org
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org, viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Lugn, Pehr

Description: Pehr Lugn, born 1881, died 1934, director of the Egyptian museum (later The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities) from 1928-1934. He was married to Gunhild Henschen.
Source - http: sok.riksarkivet.se, collections.smvk.se
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

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