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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1890,0731.48
Description
Large pottery amphora in White Painted ware with a painted Cypriot Syllabic inscription recording the name of Onasilos; wheelmade; ovoid body on a large ring base; wide cylindrical neck with an off-set squared rim ; pair of large opposing loop handles; buff clay and cream slip, decorated with matt brown paint: bands on the body and neck; lotus buds on the body; a zig-zag motif on the rim; solid paint on the handles and base; the inscription on the shoulder of the vase consists of five characters, arranged sinistroverse, in brown paint; much of the vase, including some of the decoration, is restored.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic II
Production date
600BC-450BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
H A Tubbs
Excavated by:
J A R Munro
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Marion-Arsinoe
, Site A, Tomb 21
Materials
pottery
Ware
White Painted Ware
Type series
White Painted V
Technique
painted
slipped
wheel-made
Dimensions
Height:
35.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(C991)
Masson 1983 / Les inscriptions chypriotes syllabiques. Recueil critique et commenté
(No. 147, p. 169; fig. 38 and pl. XIX,2)
Munro & Tubbs 1890 / Excavations in Cyprus, 1889. Second season's work. Polis tes Chrysochou-Limniti
(pp. 38, 76-7)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Cyprus Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1890
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1890,0731.48