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vessel
Object Type
vessel
Museum number
1892,0517.5
Description
Wheel-made two-handled pottery vessel with a polished surface and incised decoration.
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
Technique
wheel-made
polished
incised
Dimensions
Height:
9.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(H87)
CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7
(IVBa pl. 5, 14)
Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium
(p. 260)
Location
On display
(G71/dc3)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W J Stillman
Acquisition date
1892
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1892,0517.5