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askos
Object Type
askos
Museum number
1873,0820.522
Description
Painted terracotta vessel (askos) with a figure of Scylla with a fish-tail and dogs issuing from her hips. It was originally painted in vivid colours, with a horse-headed sea-monster (hippocamp) on either side.
Cultures/periods
Apulian (local)
Daunian
Production date
310BC-300BC
Production place
Made in:
Canosa di Puglia
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Bolsena
Materials
terracotta
Technique
painted
moulded
Dimensions
Height:
34.29 centimetres
Length:
30.48 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum
(D203)
CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7
(pl. 17, 3)
Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium
(p. 215)
Location
On display
(G71/dc8)
Subjects
mythical figure/creature
hippocampus
Associated names
Representation of:
Scylla
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Alessandro Castellani
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1873,0820.522