The Southwestern Collections of E. St. Vráz (1900) in the Náprstek Museum Markéta Křížová This text is dedicated to a rare collection of artefacts and photographs deposited in the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures (henceforth the Náprstek Museum). The collection was acquired in 1900 by the Czech traveller E. St. Vráz in Arizona. The purpose of the article is, first,…
Food Containers as a Specific Class of Old Kingdom Stone Vessel Production Lucie Jirásková Food containers represent a specific class of Old Kingdom stone vessel production that has so far only been attested in a limited number of tombs. A small number of previously unpublished fragments have recently been identified amongst the remains of the burial equipment of Queen Khentkaus II, who…
Three Ostraca from Jebel Barkal: Problems of Text and Context Francesca Iannarilli, Gilda Ferrandino The Meroitic District of Jebel Barkal, which has been the focus of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan since 1973, has provided rich archaeological evidence dating to the Meroitic period, but not an equal amount of epigraphic evidence. The most famous of these is certainly the so-called…
From Constantinople to Warsaw: A Byzantine Amphora from the National Museum in Warsaw Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys This paper discusses a late Byzantine transport container, known as a Günsenin III type amphora, currently housed in the National Museum in Warsaw. Donated in 1921 by Władysław Semerau-Siemianowski, the vessel was originally discovered in the ruins of Constantinople. This paper examines the…
