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Accession_Number 2008.7.28
Shape Vase
Shape_description Pentagonal rim fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 5/6
Decoration Exterior: beige glaze overpainted by black horizontal line just under the rim, also four (three thin, one thick) parallel black lines running at a steep angle down from the rim. Rim: five thick black lines parallel to each other and perpendicular to the rim.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment. Decoration worn and chipped on both exterior and rim. "Aig Aphr" (transliterated from Greek) handwritten in pencil on the interior; indicates the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Aegina (see Provenance).
Technique/Style
Provenance Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Aegina. Picked up by P.N. Ure between 1907-1914.
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length 4.6 Width 4.1
Location 8.2.5
Edited_by Alex V; Joana varela
Date_edited 25.7.2008; 20.04.2017
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