Egyptian influence on the shape and decoration of Meroitic ceramics (based on the materials from excavations in Abu Erteila, Sudan)
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-28-38
Abstract
In this article the degree of influence of Egyptian pottery traditions on Meroitic ceramics is analyzed on the basis of the ceramic material discovered by the joint Italian-Russian archaeological mission in its investigation of the temple and administrative complex of centuries I-III AD in Abu Erteila (Sudan). The possibility is raised that both the forms of the vessels and their decoration were borrowed, carrying both aesthetic and symbolic significance, Considering the existence in the Meroitic Period of several ceramic traditions in pottery (local Nubian, Egyptian, and Hellenistic), suggestions are made about the ways, methods and reasons why types of Egyptian craft products were borrowed in the Meroitic Kingdom.
Supporting agencies: This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project «Meroitic pottery: Nubian traditions and Egyptian influence», no. 16-01-50044.
About the Author
S. E. Malykh
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana E. Malykh, PhD in History
bld. 12, Rozhdestvenka str., Moscow, 107031
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Malykh S.E. Egyptian influence on the shape and decoration of Meroitic ceramics (based on the materials from excavations in Abu Erteila, Sudan). RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-1):28-38. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-28-38
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