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Conserving a Seleucian Incantation Bowl
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BY MADELEINE NEIMAN, 2014–2015 Samuel H. Kress conservation fellow at the Kelsey Museum. During her time here, Madeleine’s work will focus on the technical analysis and treatment of objects from the Seleucia collection. (image)Incantation bowl (KM 31455) from the site of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris.The object is a wheel-thrown, buff-colored earthenware bowl the surface of which has been painted with black pseudoscript (small lines meant to mimic Aramaic writing) and images of anthropomorphic figures. The vessel was excavated in the 1930s from Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, a site approximately………. Read More

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