jar;
amphoriskos
- Museum number
- 1982,0729.319
- Description
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Pottery amphoriskos in White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-biconical body on a conical foot; tall cylindrical neck flaring to an everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; buff clay and buff-cream slip, decorated in dull black-brown paint: parallel bands and solid blocks of paint on the body, wavy line between the handles, latticed triangles on the shoulder.
- Production date
- 1100BC-1000BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 17.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The number 131 pencilled on the vase may refer to the original excavations, but this is uncertain. See D. Bailey, Op. Ath. VI (1965), pp. 5-13 for details of the Hake-Kitchener excavations at Kourion.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1982,0729.319
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 272-1883 (V&A number)
