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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1888,0208.76.c
Description
Two joining fragments of the upper part of body of broad Clazomenian black figure painted pottery amphora. Naked male and part of another figure. Purple for hair and beard. The right-hand figure has eyes for nipples, but is probably an ordinary komast.
School/style
Urla group
Cultures/periods
North Ionian
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-500BC
(possibly circa 530 BC (S.Weber))
Production place
Made in:
Clazomenae
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Tell Dafana
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
7.50 centimetres
(as joined)
Thickness:
0.40 centimetres
(max)
Width:
5.80 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
Perhaps from the same pot as BM GR 1888.0208.109 (BM CVA 8 pl. GB 592.1-2) BSA xlvii, 131-CII.21.
Bibliographic references
CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8
(Pl. GB 590, 19)
Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten
(TD 162)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0208.76.c
Joined objects
Associated Group:
G16261
(6 objects)