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Accession_Number

14.9.75

Shape

Amphora

Shape_description

Fragment; Body sherd of Clazomenian black-figured pottery amphora;

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Clazomenian

Fabric_description

Brown clay

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/4

Decoration

At the top is a triangle of black, with a smaller triangle below leading to a dark brown line. There is a similar line parallel to this one on the left. Both lines are at right angles to a braoder dark brown line. Nestled between two faint brown lines are five white circles with black circles in the centre. There is just a small area of dark brown/black on the bottom right hand corner. Other side is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, paint faded a little.

Technique/Style

Painted, incised; Black-figure

Provenance

Tell Dafana or Naukratis (Made in Clazomenae)

Period

Archaic

Date

545BC-530BC

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.20.0007.jpg	Six Clazomenian fragments of an Amphora. Accession numbers clockwise from top left: 14.9.75, 14.9.76, 14.9.77, 14.9.80, 14.9.78, 14.9.79
2003.20.0083.jpg	Top view of a fragment from an amphora, showing part of bird or siren with white dots below.
2004.46.0087.jpg	Top view of a fragment from an amphora, showing part of bird or siren with white dots below.
2005.88.0007.jpg
2013.04.0007.jpg	Top view of a fragment from an amphora, showing part of bird or siren with white dots below.
2013.04.0008.jpg	Top view of a fragment from an amphora, showing the reserved side.