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bird bowl
Object Type
bird bowl
Description
Rim fragment of North Ionian pottery bird-bowl or similar; interior, glazed black with added red band lined in white; exterior, set of long pendent rays; band below.
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
630BC-580BC
Production place
Made in:
North Ionia
Made in:
Aeolis
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
slipped
Dimensions
Thickness:
0.35 - 0.45 centimetres
Diameter:
22 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
4.50 centimetres
Width:
6 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums
(p. 3, no. 4 pl. 2)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 255)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GK.23)
Location
Not on display
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
17108
(Accession Number)