amphora

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Object Type: amphora
Museum number: 1952,0505.25
Description: Fragment of belly of Attic black-figure painted pottery amphora. Hindquarters of panther (or lion). Purple stripe within the incised lines on the right. White for stripe along belly.
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 6thC BC (mid)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana
Materials: pottery
Ware: Black Figure
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 4.50 centimetres; Thickness: 0.40 centimetres; Width: 6.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (Pl. GB 609,12); Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten (TD 54)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: mammal
Acquisition date: 1952
Acquisition notes: Acquisition details unclear in available documentation.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1952,0505.25

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