bowl; plate

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Object Type: bowl; plate
Description: Fragment of wall of East Greek pottery shallow bowl or plate. On the slipped interior, pairs of spirals, connected by three short bars; dots or leaves in interstices; to the outside, glaze band. On the clay ground of the exterior red-fired bands, one at top and one at bottom break.
School/style
Cultures/periods: East Greek; Archaic Greek
Production date: 600BC-575BC
Production place: Made in: North Ionia
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Technique: painted; slipped
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.80 - 0.90 centimetres; Height: 4 centimetres; Width: 10 centimetres
Curator's comments: Venit: 'For the spiral ornament compare London, from Naukratis (JHS 44 [1924] pls.7 fig.2 and 8 fig.2).' This is 1965,0930.527, which has concentric circles, not spirals.
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 32, no. 120 pl. 31); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GG.148)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 16893 (Accession Number)

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