oinochoe

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Object Type: oinochoe
Museum number: 1892,0517.18
Description: Wheel-made pottery jug (oinochoe).
Cultures/periods: Faliscan
Production date: 675BC-625BC
Production place: Made in: Faliscan Territory (historic region - Etruria)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Monte Cerreto, tomb M103 (probably)
Materials: pottery
Ware: Impasto
Technique: wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 6.37 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (H102); CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7 (IVBa pl. 5, 15); Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium (p. 257)
Location: On display (G71/dc3)
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W J Stillman
Acquisition date: 1892
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1892,0517.18

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