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amphora
(Possibly)
;
oinochoe
(Possibly)
Object Type
amphora
(Possibly)
oinochoe
(Possibly)
Description
Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery closed vessel, amphora or oinochoe; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of lion (part of face, mane in added red, forelegs, and body remaining) to left; in field probably part of afilling ornament; below, two dilute bands, above one preserved ray.
Producer name
Attributed to:
Ceramicus Painter
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
600BC-580BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Naukratis
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
5.10 centimetres
Thickness:
0.50 centimetres
Width:
3.80 centimetres
Curator's comments
Object owned and held by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. 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.
The sherd is also published in Beazley (1956) 'Attic black-figure vase-painters', p. 19, no. 9 and attributed to the Ceramicus Painter.
Bibliographic references
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 452, no. B755)
CVA Cambridge II / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain, Fascicule 11, Cambridge, Fascicule 2
(p. 39, pl. XX, no. 14)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0914)
ABV / Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters
(18, 9)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
wild cat/big cat
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
GR.175.1894
(Accession Number)