bell krater
- Description
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Upper body fragment with turn to rim of Attic red-figured pottery bell-krater; inside glazed with reserved band near top break. Outside, laurel band on rim; in field, a satyr, probably Marsyas, facing right, plays the auloi; to his right, a female figure, nymph or maenad, the upper bodies only remaining; behind the satyr are two red traces, possibly a laurel tree; white for the satyr's fillet and dots of korymboi.
- Production date
- 425BC-375BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.45 centimetres
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Width: 12.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Object owned and held by the Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria. 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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 9534 (Accession Number)