amphora;
jar
- Museum number
- 1982,0729.399
- Description
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Pottery amphora or jar in White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-biconical body on splaying foot (incomplete and cracked); wide concave neck flaring to an everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; orange-red clay and cream slip, decorated with matt paint: broad bands on the body, shoulder and neck, sold handles and foot, two wavy lines in the frieze between the handles; surface abraded and chipped in places.
- Production date
- 1050BC-900BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The number 11[?] pencilled on the body 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
- 1982,0729.399
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 256-1883 (V&A number)