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Object type
Museum number
1867,0508.1277
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Description
Red figured pottery pelike.
Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Above, (a) rosettes and white balls, (b) laurel-wreath. Under the handles, palmettes; below, all round, wave-pattern.
(a) Youth to right, with beaded fillet, himation over left arm, and wreath in right hand, holding out a phiale in left hand. Facing him is a female figure with hair in a bunch, radiated open cap, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton fastened on shoulders with a stripe down the front, and sandals; in right hand a mirror, in left a tympanon. Above, a rosette, wreath, and window; between them, a convolvulus-flower; behind the youth, a myrtle.
(b) Two ephebi confronted, with fillets, himatia, and sandals; the one on the right has a staff; between them, halteres. -
Producer name
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Culture/period
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Date
- 360BC-345BC
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Production place
- Made in: Apulia
- (Europe,Italy,Puglia,Apulia (region - archaic))
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Findspot
- Excavated/Findspot: Nola, 143
- (Europe,Italy,Campania,Naples (province),Nola)
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Materials
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Ware
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 28.5 centimetres
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Bibliography
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Location
On display: G1/wp52/sh9
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1867
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Department
Greek & Roman Antiquities
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Registration number
1867,0508.1277
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