Meroë site 195: Tank from West - University of Liverpool Digital Heritage Lab

Title

Meroë site 195: Tank from West

Creator

["John Garstang"]

Catalogue Reference

JG/M/L/43

Date

1912

Description

Image of the tank in site 195 ('Royal Baths') during excavation, showing John and Marie Garstang looking at statue fragments, including the 'Venus of Meroë' statue. Album print marked '194 M12' and 'Slide 12 M4'.

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Document Details

Title

Meroë site 195: Tank from West

Catalogue Reference

JG/M/L/43

Creator

["John Garstang"]

Date

1912

Object type

["Glass plate negative"]

Region or Period

["Sudan"]

Provenance (Geographical)

["Meroë"]

Excavation

["Meroe"]

Excavator

["John Garstang"]

Excavation Date

1911-1912

Description

Dimensions - Width

188mm

Dimensions - Height

124mm

Repository

["Garstang Museum of Archaeology"]

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For enquiries about reproduction and licensing, please contact garstang@liverpool.ac.uk.

Related Material

Published in the excavation committee report, (JG/7/1/3), entitled 'Excavators bringing statues to light'. Reproduced as lantern slide 12 M4, entitled ‘Meroë. Bottom of the excavation’ and lantern slide 15 M4, entitled ‘discovery of Venus’. Other images of the Venus statue can be found in JG/M/L/44, 50, JG/M/LA/50, and 54.

Publications that cite this item

Image published in Török, (1997), Meroë City, Vol. 2, pl. 22, labelled 'M 195, Cachette during excavation'. Full Description of the Venus statue can be found in Török, (1997), Meroë City, Vol. I, p80, reference 195-4(S).