amphora

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Object Type: amphora
Museum number: 1894,1101.248
Description: Pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; wide cylinidrical neck with a thick, rolled rim; pair of large opposing vertical loop handles; made of buff clay with similar slip, decorated with brown and purple painted decoration: alternating branch and spear motifs on body; lozenges on the neck; parallel bands on the neck and lower body.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic II
Production date: 600BC-475BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site E, tomb 84
Materials: pottery
Ware: Bichrome Ware
Type series: Bichrome V
Technique: painted; slipped; wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 24 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C960); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 119, tomb 84; p.107. fig 154 no 4)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: tree/bush
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.248

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