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Clay column
Clay column capital with traces of slip
Clay column capital with traces of a red and white wash. The clay is nile silt and the capital has been made by a combination of moulding and also throwing on a wheel. The style is a form of 'Corinthian' with spirals perhaps imitating foliage rather than the spirals that are associated with the so-called Ionic form dating to the Greek and Roman periods. The object is said to have come from a church near Argin, North of the Wadi Halfa in Nubia and can be associated with a similar piece (E.173.1912) and also a shaft (E.171.1912).
Length: 0.17 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1912) by Somers Clarke, G.
Coptic
Roman
Circa
300
CE
-
Circa
600
CE
Accession number: E.174.1912
Primary reference Number: 51515
Oldadmincategory: P
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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Accession Number: E.171.1912
Accession Number: GR.189.1899
Accession Number: GR.195.1894
Accession Number: GR.187.1894
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