amphora

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Object Type
Description: Body fragment of Attic black-figured pottery closed vase, probably amphora. A warrior and an archer, side-by-side, to left; remaining are their thighs and the shield of a warrior (device, in white, a leg; added red on rim).
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 540BC-510BC
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 3.50 centimetres; Width: 5.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: Almost certainly from the same vase as the fragment Heidelberg J 75 (CVA Germany 31: pl.165 fig.14), which shows a warrior to left, the device on his shield also a leg.
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 75, no. 249 pl. 55); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.0892)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 9377 (Accession Number)

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