Overview Collection
Title: (Pair of Decorated Coptic Pottery Vessels)
Period: (Coptic Period)
Date: (ca. 4th–7th century CE)
Culture: (Coptic Egyptian)
Medium: (Pottery with painted vegetal and geometric decoration)
Dimensions:
Vessel A: (H × Rim Diameter) – (40 × 14 cm)
- Vessel B: (H × Rim Diameter) – (39 × 14 cm)
Classification: Coptic Painted Pottery Vessels
Credit Line: SAC (Société d’Archéologie Copte)
Object Number: (SAC - COP.POT.1990.002)
Curatorial Department: Coptic Art and Ceramics Department
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