Stamp
Gallery Location
Galleries of Africa: Nubia
Medium
earthenware
Geography
Excavated at Gebel Adda, Egypt (ancient Nubia)
Date
c. 1000-1300 CE
Period
Late Nubian Christian Period
Dimensions
1.7 x 3.3 cm
Object number
973.24.815
Credit Line
Gift of the National Geographic Society
Field Collector
Dr. Nicholas B. Millet
ROM Staff, 1970-1994
Cataloguer
Gayle Gibson
ROM Staff, 1990-2015; ROM Volunteer 2015-Present
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Description
This small, blackened stamp may have been used to mark bread. The handle is broken. The pattern is a Christian cross, with embellishments.
The artifact was found on the Merotic acropolis at Gebel Barkal, in Church 5.
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