amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1952,0505.16
Description: Sherds of Clazomenian black-figure painted pottery broad amphora, reconstructed. Chariot driven by youth (presumably, since he shows his thighs, though a female figure has been suggested). The horse has an ornamental collar. The chariot wheels have eight spokes. Purple for two stripes on dark area below panel.
School/style
Cultures/periods: North Ionian; Archaic Greek
Production date: 550BC-500BC (possibly circa 530BC (S.Weber))
Production place: Made in: Clazomenae (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana, probably "Qasr", east annex (G), chamber 29
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 15.30 centimetres (whole, as made up); Length: 27.94 centimetres
Curator's comments: BSA xlvii, 132-C II.27. BM Cat. Vases cf. Β116, 1-4; also Β127.; Findspot number '29' pencilled on the item
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B125.8); CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (Pl. GB 594, 2); Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten (TD 168)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: equestrian; charioteer/chariot
Acquisition notes: Found unregistered.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1952,0505.16

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