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oinochoe
Object Type
oinochoe
Museum number
1949,0516.16
Description
Body sherd of Milesian Fikellura pottery oinochoe; exterior, white slip: painted overlapping narrow rosettes.
School/style
Zone Decorated Oinochoai group
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Miletus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi (Naukratis)
(possibly)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Fikellura
Technique
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Height:
4.50 centimetres
Thickness:
0.60 centimetres
Width:
4.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
Cook (CVA BM 8, 8 no. 4) groups this sherd with British Museum 1924,1201.1053 and 1949,0516.18, 1888,0601.556.b, 1886,0601.556.c (the findspot for this sherd is specified as the Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi) and 1949,0516.15, with the comment that it and 1888,0601.556.c may come from a different vase. The modern inscription on interior in ink 'NA124' indicates the sherd once belonged to the Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology.
Bibliographic references
CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8
(p. 8, no. 4d, pl. 8, no. 4d)
Walter-Karydi 1973 / Samische Gefässe des 6. Jahrhunderts vor Christi: Landschaftsstile ostgriechischer Gefässe
(116, no. 43)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GF.138)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition notes
Found unregistered.
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1949,0516.16