cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/50.10.1
| Accession_Number | 50.10.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Amphora | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Coldstream (79) classes this amphora as part of the 'plump and ungainly group' of LG IIb amphorae whose potters modelled amphora bodies after those of pitchers (see J.M. Cook, BSA 42, 151). Flaring mouth with rounded, thickened rim; two vertical strap thick handles extend from the top of the decorative zone on the neck down to the bottom of the decorative zone on the shoulder; rounded body tapers to a ring foot. Flat underside | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 10YR 6/3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | The interior, from the lip down, is reserved. There is a thick band on the lip and vertical bars on the exterior of the rim, then five bands, evenly spaced, between the rim and where the handles start. Neck (A,B): Panel between two triglyphs, each consisting of three vertical lines, a band of diagonal lines, and another three vertical lines. Panel filled with a long-legged bird facing left (body outlined and filled with vertical lines), filling splotches, and a horizontal triangle, cross-hatched, to the right. Shoulder (A,B): Seven vertical lines, panel, seven vertical lines. The panels are filled with (A) dog (silhouette) runing to right, with filling ornament, (B) same, but the dog chasing a hare. Horizontal bands cover the exterior of both handles, and the handle zones are outlined with a very thick band. Body: three horizontal bands; close zigzag; seven more bands; a large black band covering the lower part of the body and the foot. Resting surface and underside reserved. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Complete but the neck and the body have been mended from a number of joining fragments. Some repainting. Deposits inside. Large part of the painted decoration fired brownish-reddish. Worn on many parts. Small chips and scraches on the body and a chip on the resting surface. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Late Geometric II | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | Late Geometric IIb | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 720-700 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Artist | Workshop of Athens 897 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attribution | Coldstream 78.16. He further explains (79) that dogs are typical of this workshop. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bibliography | Ure 1963, 58 no. 2; Coldstream 1968, 78-81 no. 16; Theodora Rombos, The Iconography of Attic Late Geometric II Pottery (Jonsered 1988) 320 table 47, 510 no. 323, pl. 44a-b. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 23.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 10.3; body 14.3; base 8.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Timeline 2b bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Amy; Kinsey; Teifi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 06.09.2002; 09.10.2003; 17.01.2006; 18.08.2006 |
