column krater
- Museum number
- AshmLoan.170
- Description
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Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery column-krater; interior glazed black; exterior: at left, ivy border; black-figure decoration consisting of lower part of warrior (part of shield with added red rim and traces of faded added white device, legs with red greaves, and part of spear remaining) to left; at right, part of another figure, possibly with a bow.
- Production date
- 560BC-540BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.50 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.80 centimetres
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Width: 11.50 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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The sherd belongs to the same vase as Oxford AN1896-1908-G.556, AN1896-1908-G.557 (3 joining fragments), AN1896-1908-G.558, AN1896-1908-G.560, AN1896-1908-G.561 and AN1896-1908-G.130.16. All sherds show warriors leaving home.
The sherd may belong to the same vase as Oxford AN1896-1908-G.577.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Registration number
- AshmLoan.170
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-G.559 (Accession Number)