amphora

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Object Type
Description: Lower body fragment of Attic black-figured pottery amphora(?). In a panel, male striding to left, his forward foot and calf preserved; part of object with added white at break on left; added red for the ground line.
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 560BC-530BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 6.70 centimetres; Thickness: 0.85 centimetres; Width: 4.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 73 no. 240 pl. 54); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.0898)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 17260 (Accession Number)

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