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Nabataean/Roman Terracotta Bowl - PF.1711
Origin: Jordan (Petra)
Circa: 50
BC
Collection: Roman
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: hk, sold
$300.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
At the height of the Nabataean Empire, this
elegant bowl might have held an offering of
food or wine. Perhaps it was left as a gift at
the shrine of some powerful deity. As we
hold it in our hands today, admiring its
simple beauty, we are aware of the touch of
other hands long ago. Who might have held
it when it was new? Were the dreams and
emotions that guided their lives so very
different from our own? The vessel's
graceful unadorned shape appeals as much
to the contemporary eye as it did to the
culture that created it. Such artifacts,
ordinary enough in their own age, connect
us in an intimate way with the world of the
past. In its presence, we cross the bridge of
time and set the imagination on a journey of
discovery.
- (PF.1711)
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