amphora
- Museum number
- 1880,0710.82
- Description
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Pottery amphora or jar in Black-on-Red ware; wheel-made; globular body on a flat base; short cylindrical neck with a flat everted rim; pair of opposing handles from shoulder to mouth; made of fine buff clay covered with an orange slip, decorated with black paint: small groups of concentric circles on the shoulder, bands of thick lines around the body, solid paint on the handles and rim; repaired from sherds with some parts of the body missing; one of the handles is chipped; paint worn in places.
- Production date
- 750 BC-600 BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For the type see SCE IV/2, fig. XL, 2. Schreiber 2003 provides a modern assessment of the ware, including the chronology.
Bibliography:
Schreiber N. 2003, The Cypro-Phoenician pottery of the Iron Age. Culture & History of the Ancient Near East 13 (Leiden; Boston).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1880,0710.82
