amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1888,0208.45
Description: Joined fragments of body of Clazomenian (related) black-figure painted pottery amphora (Knipovitch class). Forepart of winged horse. Purple and white alternately for feathers of wing. White dots for bridle and rein, on chest-strap, at base of feathers; white on ornaments hanging from chest-strap.
Cultures/periods: North Ionian; Archaic Greek
Production date: 530BC - 500 BC
Production place: Made in: Clazomenae (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.80 centimetres; Height: 19 centimetres (as made up); Thickness: 0.30 centimetres
Curator's comments: BSA xlvii, 13 6-E III. 1. S. Weber attributes this to either the Knipovitch Class or the Temrijuk Group. Compare the motif of winged horses on the amphora in Athens 12713 (Cook-Dupont 1998, 103 n.12.5); compare with the fragment from Clazomenai, KLAZ-1980-T10 (Özer 2004, 204 n.7; 212 Cat. n.7)
Bibliographic references: CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (Pl. GB 591, 3); Petrie 1888 / Tanis. Part II. Nebesheh (Am) and Defenneh (Tahpanhes) (pl. xxxi, 11); Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten (TD 178)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1888,0208.45
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1906,0301.16 (Re-registered in error.)

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