lekanis(possibly)
- Museum number
- AshmLoan.161
- Description
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Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery open vessel, possibly a lekanis; interior glazed black (fired streaky red); exterior: from top, stepped zigzag pattern between black bands; below, black-figure decoration consisting of part of feline (tail, hindquarters, flank with added red and partly fired red) to right.
- Production date
- 590BC-580BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.70 centimetres
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Thickness: 1 centimetres
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Width: 7.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Venit suggests this may be a lekanis, but the sherd is very thick.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Registration number
- AshmLoan.161
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-G.548 (Accession Number)