10 BCE-700 CE
over the following two centuries
its head in profile with an elongated spout
that does not distract from this impressive piece
Werkstätten orientalisierender Keramik auf Rhodos (1957)
An Egyptian Bronze Situla, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 - 525 BCE Gaming Pieces 10 BCE-700 CEFinely cast using the lost wax method, this fine, tapering vessel features a rolled rim, and rounded bottom with a knobbed base. It is decorated in raised relief, the upper register with two solar barques symbolizing the journey into the afterlife, the wide central register with a priest, incised text above, making an offering to a procession of deities, making offerings to a procession of deities, including Isis with cow horn crown, Nephthys, and