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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1894,1101.531
Description
Pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; cylindrical neck with thick everted rim; pair of thick opposing loop handles; made of buff clay with reddish-buff slip decorated with black, purple and white paint: stylsed trees in panels on each side of the vase and under the handles; bands above and below the central panels; white wavy line around the shoulder; files of dots and triangles on the neck; file of oblique lines on the rim.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic
Production date
600BC-450BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
, Amathus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amathus
, Site E, tomb 106
Materials
pottery
Ware
Bichrome Ware
(Bichrome V)
Technique
painted
slipped
wheel-made
Dimensions
Height:
23.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(C961)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
(bequest)
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1894,1101.531