amphora
- Museum number
- AshmLoan.771
- Description
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Body sherd of Clazomenian pottery amphora; interior reserved; exterior: scale pattern, each scale with white cross and central dot at its heart.
- Production date
- 550BC-525BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.30 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.40 centimetres
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Width: 4.20 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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Cook (1952, p. 143, n. 102) erroneously states that this sherd came from Memphis.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Registration number
- AshmLoan.771
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AN1896-1908-G.129.4 (Accession Number)