amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1876,0909.78
Description: 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.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 900-750 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cyprus
Materials
Technique: painted; slipped; wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 61.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1876
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1876,0909.78

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