amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: EA68430
Description: Fragment from the lower neck and upper body of an amphora: of translucent dark-blue glass, with cylindrical neck and globular body. On the neck is a delicate trailed chevron pattern in opaque yellow, white, and turquoise-blue. The same colours are used for the clustered festoons which decorated the body. Remains of one handle also in dark-blue glass. Tan core. Glossy surface.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amarna, el-, palace dust-heap
Materials
Technique: core-formed; trailed
Dimensions: Length: 3.91 centimetres; Width: 3.04 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA68430
Registration number: 1894,0816.88

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