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amphora
(probably)
Object Type
amphora
(probably)
Museum number
AshmLoan.54
Description
Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery closed vessel, probably an amphora; exterior: at top, part of incised pendant palmette with some petals and encircling band in added red; below, animal frieze to right: panther (frontal head with red on forehead, neck and chest remaining) and siren (back of head with red fillet, wing and tail feathers with red, and one leg remaining); below, red band between two dilute lines.
Producer name
Attributed to:
The KX Painter
(probably)
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
580BC-570BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
6.20 centimetres
Thickness:
0.50 centimetres
Width:
5.80 centimetres
Curator's comments
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.
Bibliographic references
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 204, no. B14)
ABV / Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters
(p. 27, no. 7)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 227, no. 4)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0058)
(Phase 1)
CVA Oxford II / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Great Britain 9 Oxford fasicule 2
(p. 91, pl. I, no. 11)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
mammal
siren
Previous owner
Currently owned by:
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Department
External
Registration number
AshmLoan.54
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
AN1896-1908-G.128.3
(Accession Number)