hydria
- Description
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Shoulder sherd of Clazomenian black-figured pottery hydria; exterior: added red band on moulded junction of shoulder and neck; below, black-figure decoration consisting of siren to right, with red eye, dilute earring, added white flesh and red wing with white dots; below, two black bands; below, male figure (red hair and white dotted stephane remaining) to right.
- Production date
- 540BC-520BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.70 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.70 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by University College London. 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.
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For parallels regarding the siren, see British Museum 1886,0401.1113.
Sirens are commonly depicted on vases from the Urla Group.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: UCL 732 (Accession Number)