amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1952,0505.21
Description: Fragment of belly of Attic black-figure painted pottery amphora: two draped figures (right figure is male). Purple at bottom left and top right.
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 6thC BC (mid) (earlier rather than later)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 4.10 centimetres (max); Thickness: 0.60 centimetres (max); Width: 4.60 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references: CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (Pl. GB 608, 34); Schlotzhauer 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus Naukratis (TD 49)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1952
Acquisition notes: Acquisition details unclear in available documentation.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1952,0505.21

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