column krater
- Museum number
- 1886,0401.1098.a-e
- Description
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Rim sherd (mended from five fragments with added plaster) of Corinthian black-figured pottery column-krater with part of handle plate; interior: glazed black; exterior: on rim, stepped zigzags; on handle plate, black-figure bird (possibly a swan - only tip of wing remaining), to left; neck black with narrow band of added red.
- Production date
- 595BC-570BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 26.50 - 33.50 centimetres
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Height: 17 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The reconstructed krater includes British Museum 1886,0401.1098.a-e, 1886,0401.1006, 1886, 0401.1098.h, 1886,0401.1102, 1886,0401.1103, 1886,0401.1115, 1886, 0401.1128, 1886,0401.1142, 1886,0401.1144, 1886,0401.1145 and 1888, 0601.751.
All that remains of this krater is the upper portion which is rejoined from numerous fragments and plaster cast inserts.
Alexandridou appears to give the krater an Attic origin.
- Bibliographic references
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Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B102.11.4) (part)
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Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GB.034) (Phase 1)
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Petrie 1886 / Naukratis. Part I., 1884-85 (pp. 16, 18, S.2, p. 20, S.2, p. 62, no. 665, pl. VI, no. 6, pl. XXXV, no. 665)
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Gardner 1888 / Naukratis II (p. 31)
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Alexandridou 2011 / The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570BCE) (p. 124) (Naukratis 109)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1886,0401.1098.a-e
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1924,1201.1221 (Re-registered in error.)
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Miscellaneous number: 1924,1201.1222 (Re-registered in error.)
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Miscellaneous number: 1924,1201.1223 (Re-registered in error.)