amphora
- Museum number
- 1876,0909.78
- Description
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Large pottery amphora (storage jar) in White Painted/Bichrome ware; wheel-made. Ovoid body; tall concave neck with an everted rim; pair of opposing handles just below the shoulder. Made of buff-pink clay decorated in Bichrome technique: black horizontal bands and wavy lines around the body and neck, lattice-triangles on the shoulder, panels of lattices on the neck. Purple band just below the mouth, below which is a band of short vertical lines.
- Production date
- 900-750 BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 61.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1876
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1876,0909.78
