Nubia, Semna South cemetery, tomb N-224, Meriotic Period (200 BCE-300 CE) OIM 35579 Photo ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2010 
I did not photograph the 'jar with serpent' that the info card to the left of this view is describing. I did, however, photograph a jar with cobras spitting ankhs:
 Jar with Snakes Photo ©Joan Ann Lansberry, 2010 |
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(From info card) "This jar made of light clay from the Nubian sandstone has a typical Meroitic shape. The hyena, guinea fowl, and hare are animals native to Africa, although they are shown in a naturalistic style clearly influenced by Greek Hellenistic painting. The piles of rock depicted suggest that this design may be a Nile scene, including a rocky cataract of the river." |
