neck-amphora
- Museum number
- 1977,1201.30
- Description
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Black glazed pottery neck-amphora, Campanian under Etruscan influence, with a circular flat foot and two handles, marked on the exterior with four vertical lines of alternate black and white dots on the neck, a maeander line on the shoulder enclosing discs encircled by dots and four palmettes around the body linked by upward-looping stems.
- Production date
- 650BC-550BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 12 centimetres
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Height: 21.40 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Found unregistered, but noted in the register that it was acquired before 1851 and is marked Hn Rm in pencil, indicating that it was exhibited in the Hamilton Room, and was probably part of the Hamilton Collection.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1977,1201.30