amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1980,1214.16552
Description: Handle/neck fragment of Rhodian pottery amphora with stamped Greek inscription: handle from neck, oval in section; wheel-made; pink fabric firing light brown on exterior.
Cultures/periods
Production place: Made in: Rhodes
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lachish, Grid Square P.13
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Width: 4.60 - 4.80 centimetres (handle only); Length: 1.30 centimetres (inscription preserved); Length: 10.20 centimetres (total fragment); Thickness: 3 centimetres (handle only); Width: 3.30 centimetres (inscription preserved); Width: 6.70 centimetres (total fragment)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: handle incomplete, some incrustation.
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1980
Acquisition notes: From the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938.
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1980,1214.16552
Conservation

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