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Accession_Number 26.2.100
Shape Amphora
Shape_description Neck sherd of Attic West Slope black-glazed pottery amphora;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration interior black; exterior black with garland of leaves around neck in added white and yellow; below at right, part of undetermined pendent motif in added white; below modelled junction of neck and shoulder, traces of undetermined decoration in added white.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style painted, incised; West Slope Ware;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (made in Attica)
Period Hellenistic
Date 299BC-250BC;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution West Slope ware
Image

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Front view of a fragment from neck of an amphora, showing the design of lanceolate leaves and incised zigzag visible.

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Front view of a fragment from the neck of an amphora, showing the brown interior.

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Top view of a fragment from the neck of an amphora.

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Front view of a fragment from the neck of an amphora.

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Front view of a fragment from the neck of an amphora.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1,p.61, pl.40, no.7; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) ID.045;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.60;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:10.00;T:0.80;
Location 1.1.3
Edited_by Karen; Adel; Jayne
Date_edited 21.04.2004;2019;05.03.22
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