amphoriskos
- Museum number
- 1864,1007.1752
- Description
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Pottery amphoriskos marked with narrow red bands on the exterior of the body and a circular foot painted black on the top; both the neck and the mouth are now missing, worn and chipped, and there are traces of a whitish deposit in places. Highly micaceous clay.
- Production date
- late 6thc BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Compare a similar piece from a burial at Archangelos on Rhodes, see Filimonos-Tsopotou, M. and Marketou, T. 2014. ‘Les fouilles grecques’, in Coulié, A. and Filimonos-Tsopotou, M., 2014. Rhodes: une île grecque aux portes de l’Orient, XVe–Ve siècle avant J.-C. (Paris) 63-75, esp. 71-2 fig. 31.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1864,1007.1752
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: A1612 (Smith's unpublished catalogue number.)