amphora (?) | British Museum

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amphora(?)

Object Type
Description: Body fragment of Attic black-figured pottery closed vase, probably amphora. Horse and rider to left; preserved are the upper body of the rider and the neck and head of the horse; framed tongues above; added red for alternate tongues and neck of the horse; added white for youth's chiton.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Archaic Greek; Attic
Production date: 550BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Naukratis; Excavated/Findspot: Sais (?)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 7 centimetres; Height: 4.50 centimetres; Thickness: 0.50 centimetres; Width: 4.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Venit: 'Lydos(?) [Bothmer]. Unusual is the division of the body of the amphora into two zones separated by tongues at the equator, but compare Louvre F 29 (ABV 109, 21; Tiverios pls. 17b and 18) as noted by Bothmer.'
Bibliographic references: Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums (p. 72, no. 236, pl. 53); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.0876)
Location: Not on display
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: JE46339; Miscellaneous number: SR5/1654