 IAA Number: 1997-6560
 | Object's Name: Bowl With Geometric Pattern, Ptolemaic, ID updated (from 2019), Egyptian
Period: Late Hellenistic
Material: Faience
Site: משמר העמק, מערת הספריה
Diameter: 14.4 cm
Description: The bowl is part of a burial complex found near the ancient
site of
Tell Abu Shusha. It is an import from Egypt, most probably from
Alexandria, and shows amalgamation of Egyptian and Greek
traditions.
Bibliography: Giveon R. 1963. A Ptolemaic fayence bowl. IEJ Vol. 13: 20- 29, Fig. 1, Plates 6-7.
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