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dinos
Object Type
dinos
Description
Part of the shoulder of a large East Greek pottery dinos; exterior: frieze of outlined tongues, some in added red; below, the shoulder of an animal.
Producer name
Attributed to:
The London Dinos Group
Cultures/periods
Archaic Greek
Production date
600BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Aeolis
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
6.10 centimetres
Width:
7.60 centimetres
Curator's comments
Object owned and held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 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.
Compare the tongue frieze on Boston MFA 86.538
Bibliographic references
Robinson 1893 / Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Vases
(p. 220, no. 76)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GK.18)
Location
Not on display
Previous owner
Currently owned by:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
86.539
(Accession Number)
Miscellaneous number:
P.4699
(Pottery & Porcelain Ledger No.)