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NM 0088/1899 :: bowl

Object description: Flaring sides, straight rim low foot, footpart removable. Beaten, incised, probably etched. Body divided into two registers. Lower register Radiating panels alternately plain and alternately filled with double-Ys. Panels are linked by a plain band, that also links it to the upper register. Trilobed finials reaching towards foot. Around rim, fields alternately with cursive inscription on floral, probably etched background and a stylized vegetal motif intersected by circular medallions either showing a mamluk heraldic emblem or the doiuble-Y motif.

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Inventory number

NM 0088/1899

Serie nummer

12270

Object

bowl

Object, Swedish

kärl; skål

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Acquisition

Purchased with governmental means from the collection of F.R. Martin according to the royal letter from the 4/11/1898. N°s 0046-0160/1899, price 4.869 SEK, registered 29/8/1899.

Description, Swedish

Skål, brons.

Description

Flaring sides, straight rim low foot, footpart removable. Beaten, incised, probably etched. Body divided into two registers. Lower register Radiating panels alternately plain and alternately filled with double-Ys. Panels are linked by a plain band, that also links it to the upper register. Trilobed finials reaching towards foot. Around rim, fields alternately with cursive inscription on floral, probably etched background and a stylized vegetal motif intersected by circular medallions either showing a mamluk heraldic emblem or the doiuble-Y motif.

Period