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Accession_Number 29.11.12
Shape Figurine
Shape_description Pig. Hollow, with a small (vent) hole underneath
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian or Rhodian
Fabric_description Pale buff
Munsell_color 7.5YR 8/6
Decoration White with traces of red on mouth and eyes.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Copious amounts of grey deposit on back, and white deposit on underside.
Technique/Style
Provenance Boeotian
Period Late Archaic / High Classical
Date 500-400
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0747.jpg
Oblique view, from above, of the left side of a Boeotian pig figurine, showing head and legs.

2002.97.0748.jpg
Oblique view, from above, of the right side of a Boeotian pig figurine, showing head and legs.

2002.97.0749.jpg
Top view of a Boeotian pig figurine, showing white and grey deposits.

2002.97.0750.jpg
Oblique view, from below, of the right side of a Boeotian pig figurine, showing the vent hole in the belly.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.5
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. 7.0
Location Household
Edited_by Teifi; Joana Varela
Date_edited 02.08.2006; 19.04.2017
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