amphora

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Object Type: amphora
Museum number: 1894,1101.98
Description: Pottery amphora in Bichrome V ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; cylindrical neck with a thick rolled rim; pair of large opposing loop handles; buff clay and slip, decorated with black, brown and purple paint: lattice panels on the body between the handles, tree or branch motifs under the handles, parallel horizontal bands on the lower body, shoulder and neck.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic II
Production date: 600BC-450BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus, Amathus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site D, tomb 37
Materials: pottery
Ware: Bichrome Ware (BiCh V)
Technique: painted; slipped; wheel-made
Dimensions: Height: 20.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C962); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 117, Tomb 37.)
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: 1894,1101.98

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