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Accession_Number 58.2.1
Shape Bottle
Shape_description Rounded mouth with downturned rim; thin neck curves continuously into rounded body; small foot with vertical sides.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/1
Decoration Side of rim painted brownish black, two bands on neck. Three bands of thin, brownish paint on upper half of body. Bottom reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Rim badly damaged.
Technique/Style
Provenance Said to have been found in Sicily
Period Early Hellenistic / High Hellenistic
Date 3 c. (?)
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the design of thin bands around the body.

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the design of thin bands around the body.

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Oblique side view, from slightly above, of a Sicilian bottle, showing the design of thin bands around the body.

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Top view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the mouth and the decoration of thin bands around the body.

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Underside view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the base.

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the design of thin bands around the body.

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the design of thin bands around the body.

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Top view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the mouth and shoulder.

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Underside view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the base.

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Oblique view of a Sicilian bottle, showing the rim.

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle

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Side view of a Sicilian bottle

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Top view of a Sicilian bottle

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Bottom of a Sicilian bottle
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Beazley_DB
Height 13.8
Diameters Mouth 3.0; neck 1.6; body 7.7; base 4.7
Handle_height
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Location Timeline 3c bottom
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey; Teifi
Date_edited 8 August 2002; 17.01.2006; 16.08.2006
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