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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1888,0208.76.a
Description
Fragment of body of Clazomenian black-figure painted pottery broad amphora. Two ithyphallic satyrs and a maenad. Purple for beard, hair, nipple of first satyr: two purple stripes at the top of the dark area below. White for female flesh, dots on fillet, and rosettes on skirt. The maenad has a necklace of dots of the dark paint.
School/style
Urla group
Cultures/periods
North Ionian
Archaic Greek
Production date
530BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Clazomenae
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Dafana
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
18.60 centimetres
(max)
Width:
14.50 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
BMC B.125.6. BSA xlvii, 131-C II.22.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(B125.6)
CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8
(Pl. GB 588, 9)
Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten
(TD 150)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satyr
mythical figure/creature
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0208.76.a