Facebook
sprite-icon-instagram
Twitter
sprite-icon-wechat
Weibo
X
sprite-icon-youtube
sprite-icon-accessible
Group 3
sprite-icon-arrow
sprite-icon-audio-description
sprite-icon-calendar
sprite-icon-camera
UI/Chevron/Large/Black
sprite-icon-chevron
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-copyright
sprite-icon-data
sprite-icon-download
sprite-icon-grid
sprite-icon-image
i
sprite-icon-list
sprite-icon-magazine
sprite-icon-maximise
sprite-icon-museum
sprite-icon-osd-minus
sprite-icon-osd-plus
Group 6
sprite-icon-pin
sprite-icon-plus
sprite-icon-print
Fill 1
sprite-icon-share
sprite-icon-shop
sprite-icon-tag
sprite-icon-tea
sprite-icon-ten-percent-tag
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-wallet
sprite-icon-zoom
Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Members' events
—
Young Friends
—
Existing Members
—
Visiting as a Member
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Existing Patrons
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
neck-amphora
Object Type
neck-amphora
Museum number
AshmLoan.696
Description
Body sherd of Milesian Fikellura pottery neck amphora; interior reserved; exterior, buff slip: komast (lower body, buttocks and thighs remaining) to right.
School/style
Altenburg group
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-540BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Miletus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Fikellura
Technique
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Height:
4.80 centimetres
Thickness:
0.60 centimetres
Width:
4 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.
Schaus lists the sherd as probably belonging to the Altenburg Painter. According to Cook's classification system, the sherd belongs in Division I (with comos scene) of the Altenburg Group.
Bibliographic references
Cook 1933-1934 / Fikellura Pottery
(p. 16, no. 5)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 246, no. 9)
Schaus 1986 / Two Fikellura Painters
(p. 155, no. 42, pl. 15f)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GF.033)
Location
Not on display
Previous owner
Currently owned by:
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Department
External
Registration number
AshmLoan.696
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
AN1925.608b(5)
(Accession Number)