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11.10.3 Complete and intact. There are tiny air bubbles over the surface, as well as small areas of brownish deposit. Detailed markings on face and hands are slightly worn away. The left eyebrow, left eye, nose and mouth however, are all still clearly visible. Material on the resting surface has flaked away in areas. Originally painted red all over.
13.10.19 Mostly intact with restoration to rim with a section each side of restoration still missing. There are some chips and pits on the inside and outside of the vase.
14.9.11 Small surface scratches. Paint is wearing off of both sides but the design is still distinguishable. Small piece on the corner has been repaired.
14.9.110A Very fragmentary. Part of the body, rim and one handle preserved, pieced together from fragments. Chips around the rim and the body Gloss worn on handle. On the interior gloss is not lustrous, on the exterior is still shiny.
14.9.2 Foot broken. Large parts of surface of body chipped away, but still intact.
14.9.30 Black paint is fading as is the white. Surface is still smooth though.
14.9.6 Fragment. Paint is still clear and not very tarnished.
19.53.86 Single fragment preserving only the head of female figurine, broken at the neck. In good condition, crack at top of nose and slightly worn but features still clear.
2003.6.18 Single fragment, slightly worn, although black pattern and lines on the fragment are still clearly visible.
2004.10.1 There are cracks on the body of the flask and on the foot where repair marks are visible. The black slip is worn. Fingerprint marks are still visible in the wash.
2005.3.24 Single fragment, good condition, incisions still clear and paint is only slightly worn, surface on fragment has deposits of gray.
2005.3.35 reasonable, black whilst faded is still clearly visible, there a number of chips on the surface
2007.10.2.235 Collapsed, but the surface is still intact
2007.4.4 Single fragment; slightly worn but decoration still distinguishable.
2007.4.5 Fragment, painted lines still visible. Fragment is slightly worn.
2008.7.48 Fragment; worn and chipped throughout, but decoration still clear; "Aphrodite Aegina" handwritten in pencil on interior.
22.3.25 Part of rim from the knob has broken. Paint is in good condition and the glaze on the black parts is still shiny.
23.11.31K Slightly fragmented, but still in good condition (e.g. face visible), despite chipped-off spear; thin legs visible from beneath shield. Colour whitish-grey.
25.8.1 Much repaired and restored and some re-painting at joins. Surface is very soft and dusty. Paint is nearly compleetly worn off from mouth and foot. Design is still distinguishable.
25.8.5 Complete but made up of seven seperate pices stuck back together. The handle has several chips, on the middle and lower tiers. The tip of the highest tier has also been chipped, and all over the handle, the gloss shows evidence of wear, with tiny cracks and scratches. The top of the lid shows a few small flakes and chips, mainly on the decoration, and eratically over the surface, there is brown/grey deposit. The inside of the lid is reserved but still shows patches of dirt and a small amount of grey/white deposit around the rim.
25.8.6 Incomplete, neck and mouth glued back on, most of foot still missing. Decoration glaze has become very worn. The rim of the mouth is chipped, and there is a large hole in one side of the shoulder. Most of the decoration on the body is missing, the band below it, very faded. Foot barely remains.
26.12.12 Soft material, prone to crumbling and surface is dusty. Design is still clear although paint has begun to flake away.
26.12.15 Repaired from many fragments and joins have been painted. Design on the outer surface remains clear and the glaze is still shiny.
26.2.28 Painted bands on underside are wearing away considerably compared to the topside which has retained most of its colour apart from some white but it is now a little dull. Surfaces are all still smooth with no significant damage.
26.2.34 Top band on underside very badly worn and almost indistinguishable. Surface scratches and discolouration and small deposits at top. White on topside is fading but still visible and the shiny glaze remains on the black/brown.
26.7.6 Two parts of mouth missing. Design still clear. Some flakes from body.
26.7.7 Comprised of two rejoined pieces; join still visible across the back and belly, crack running from right ear to join. Body covered by white and grey depoit, feet are brown and shiny.
27.4.9 Mouth and handle missing. Goat has worn away slightly but is still distinguishable.
29.11.11 Incomplete. The sides of the mask have broken away, and the slip is covered in patches of grey/brown deposit. Detail of the face are still evident, but the nose shows areas of wear on the tip. The inside is a pinkish colour, with little evidence of deposit, though the surface feels rough to touch.
30.11.1 Complete but not intact. The top of the mouth has some small chips in it and a small crack inside the mouth. The rim is worn, leaving only a little cross-hatching still evident. At the top and bottom of the handle, is revealed where it has been stuck back together again. There is white deposit on the handle. The surface of the body shows little scratches and wear on the glaze. On the base is a small patch of greyish deposit.
34.10.17 Complete. The white slip has worn away in places, and there is a smooth grey deposit evident in patches. Also, the munsell colour shows through. The features of the face are still fairly clear, but the eyes seem worn. The surface all over feels smooth, but the base of the neck is slightly uneven and a bit chipped.
34.10.19 Complete and intact. The surface of the woman is incredibly smooth, the features of the face nearly worn away. There is a large scratch on the woman's right shoulder. As well as patches of white slip that is still evident, there is a smoky covering to the head, chest and knees. The base is very uneven.
34.10.20 Intact and complete. The figure is almost entirely covered by a grey deposit, which makes the surface feel rough. Small detail still remains, on the face, the nose, mouth and one eye. The right foot is also detailed.
34.10.24 Complete but not intact. Top of left arm has broken off and been glued back on. Blue of cloak still faintly visible, but a lot of brown deposit is evident all over the figurine. The top of the head is covered with an even darker deposit, that also encases right shoulder and arm. The swan is also entirely covered by it. Inside the back of the figurine is a whitish deposit, and the surface is very rough, with scratches and air bubbles in it.
34.10.3 Repaired mouth with some parts missing. Design still clear to distinguish.
35.5.34A-Q The decoration and pattern on all are in good condition and still very visible. The smaller parts are a bit more worn and the black gloss of fragment (e) is patchy in places.
37.11.1 Intact and shape undamaged. Colouring is worn away but the pattern of scales still remains clear. Most worn is the handle and the top of the mouth.
39.9.7 In two places, part of the rim has broken away. There is also a deep crack in side A, from the part of the rim next to one handle, almost up to the part where the other handle springs from. Colour has peeled off in some places, especially the interior. The body of the satyr to the right of the amphora was a bit damaged when paint was still wet.
45.6.16 Black gloss is still shiny at parts. Large flakes of clay have come away from the lower part of the body. Paint flaked off on mouth, handle, on a large part of the body decoration, shoulder and foot.
45.6.70 Intact, small amount of chipping on the base. Blackening around the tip of the nozzle sugggesting use.Large amount of grey deposit on the front end of the body and nozzle. Small amount of wick hole cut in still apparent. A piece of grain? in the wick hole.
47.2.23 Intact. White deposit on rim, paint worn in places. Design still very clear.
47.8.1 Part of one side missing. Paint faded or fired to red. Picture still clear.
48.12.2 Complete, small chip on rim by one handle, small chip in opposite handle, barely noticeable. Paint slightly worn and scratched in places (not affecting decoration). Interior blotchy, as if water had been spilt while material still wet.
49.4.2 The vessel is repaired but incomplete, since a large part (1/4) of foot is missing. The lip is also repaired (from two fragments), but a small part is still missing. There is also a cracking on the interior of the rim. Many small bits have been pitted off from the vessel and a few small spots have been chipped off. Additionally, part of the paint on side A is wearing off. There is plaster on the interior of the mouth, as well as plaster and adhesives on other surfaces ((area underneath the rim and on the one handle) and resting surface bears traces of plaster as well and deposits?
50.4.11 Chip in rim partly repaired but some still missing. Glaze flakked off on rim, handles. Not applied carefully. Handle has been assembed by 2 pieces and part of it is missing.Depositions on the grrove just before the foot.
51.4.7 Comprised of two fragments joining. Colour and incised detail remain clear. Glaze still a little shiny on interior but not so much on exterior surface.
56.8.5 Piece broken off rim and one or two chips from edge. Small chip on the top of the knob. Decoration is excellent condition. Handle appears to have been reattached. Browny-black deposit (?) in rough circle on underside beneath knob handle. Gloss of good quality, still lustrous.
60.8.2 Complete and intact, but in fairly bad condition. It has been badly fired, which has left the glaze patchy, especially on the back of the body. Fired to reddish brown. Around the rim of the mouth, the glaze has been worn and scratched away to reveal the reserved clay, as it has around the handles. The decoration on the main zone is still fairly visible, but is worn in patches and flaking around the edges. At many parts, clay flaked off. Around the top of the foot is greyish white deposit, also evident around the handles. There is a large chip in the foot. White has faded.
65.6.2 Broken off at the shoulders; small white deposit at fracture. Highly polished with no surface damage. The scratches caused through production are still visible.
67.7.1 Incomplete. The figure has broken in half and been glued back together, however, at the back, there is a chip missing still. The grey colour is interspersed with deposit of a dark brown colour, which is even more prominant on the back. The features of the face have almost all worn away, except for the nose. Around the front and sides of the base are white and dark grey deposits.
74.7.5 Complete. Has been glued back together from two pieces. Is entirely covered by dark deposit, possibly from the action of fire. Thought to be from a burnt grave. There is a lot of flaking, revealing white. The features of the face are distinguishable, but are worn in places. The back is much lighter in colour, but still covered in brown/green deposit and feels rough to the touch.
78.12.19 Intact , hairline cracks on the surface of the shoulder, wash worn on the discus. Folds of clay still apparent from the joining of the upper and lower discus. Small amount of discolouration and blackening on the nozzle, probably due to use.
E.23.35 Intact, one small chip in the lip and a slight dent near the neck. Otherwise the vase is still smooth to the touch.
E.62.17 Intact and complete. The details are still clear and there is no obvious damage to the artefact.
E.62.40 All pieces intact. Still sit nicely together. White deposits on bottom part around rim and on the underside of the ring. Dark deposits (or remains of kohl) caught in the ribbing in base. Sandy deposits on outer surface of base have changed the colour considerably.
E.62.48 Intact if only a fragment. The glyphs are still very clear, except one of the right hand side, the fourt glyph down, that has been rubbed away. There is also a white deposit at the bottom of the object on the right. Overall there has been very little degredation of the wood.
E.62.60 Intact. No major chips or dents (except one dent near the base which is a result of bad workmanship or is designed to allow the pot), very little deposit. The decoration is still very clear.
E.62.8 Intact and the surface remains smooth although discoloured to red, green, yellow, black, brown and orange. There is still lustre on the surface and the incised lines are still clear except for the two on the outer surface. Two small holes have formed in the folded over rim.
E.63.20 Intact. The point has a small amount missing but still sharp (and sharper than Reading E.63.19); slightly tarnished.
E.63.9 Intact and complete, the glaze is still present although the light green colour is somewhat faded. Aside from one crack and two small chips on the facade no detail has been lost.
E.65.3 Complete, but repaired. There three large breaks in the pot that have been repaired but are still very evident near the rim. Although the surphace is still smooth a large amount of the red pigment on the out side has worn away while similar occurances inside have meant that some of the decoration has been lost.
REDMG:1935.87.28 Repaired but still missing some sections. Gloss remains shiny inside. Decoration is worn in small areas inside and outside at rim.
REDMG:1951.149.1 Rim cracked and repaired but still with a piece missing. Handle has also been repaired. Deposits inside and a little on base.
REDMG:1951.159.1 Mouth missing, broken off at the top of the neck, where the joins to handles and body are cracked and scratched. The lower part of the amphora has been restored, using wood (for the foot) and plaster (still visible on the interior and around the joint between handles and neck). Some pitting on body, surface abrasion on stem.Parts of original base in 4.2.7
REDMG:1953.25.105 Good amount of paint remains. Features are still distinguishable. Broken below belt and left side (arm area) missing.
REDMG:1953.25.106 Colours remain vibrant and in blocks. The design has remained clear. The drawing of the animal has worn a little but is still visible.
REDMG:1953.25.83 Intact if fragmentary. The facial features, especially the nose and right ear, have worn down quite considerably although it is still clear what they are meant to be. The line of breakage is straight, falling from the right ear to the middle of the left side of the neck.
REDMG:1953.25.85 Sculpture is not worn so design can still be seen. Many inclusions in clay. Large area of thick deposit on reverse side at top.
TEMP.2007.3.59 well preserved, reatined colour; not very worn, still clear; images complete
TEMP.2007.3.77 red and green discolouration but good overall; slightly worn but still clear; 2 small dents in edge and extra bit on the side
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