amphora
- Museum number
- 1982,0729.47
- Description
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Pottery amphora in Plain White Ware; wheel-made; biconical body with short cylindrical neck widening to a candlestick rim; two vertical loop handles from just below the rim to the shoulder; ring base; made of buff fabric; ridge at the neck-body join and decorated with an incised circle on the neck; small hole in the body.
- Production date
- 300 BC -50 BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A fragmentary table amphora with upper part similar in structure to the British Museum example was found at Geronisos (Lund 2015, p. 119, fig. 149, Cat no. 725).
Bibliography:
Lund J, 2015. A Study of the Circulation of Ceramics in Cyprus from the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD, Aarhus.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1982,0729.47
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 338-1883 (V&A number)