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Object Type
Description: Body fragment of black-figured pottery open vase, with strong vertical curvature, perhaps lekanis; inside glazed; slipped on the exterior, black above, with added red band, and small section of frieze below, part of a rosette with incised central circles, and uncertain remains left and right. The paint is fired to dark reddish-brown (2.5 YR 3/4).
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600BC-575BC
Production place: Made in: North Ionia (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Technique: painted; incised; slipped
Dimensions: Height: 6.50 centimetres; Thickness: 0.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 58, no. 206 pl. 48); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GS.289)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 9516 (Accession Number)

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