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Accession_Number 14.9.77
Shape Neck-amphora
Shape_description Body sherd of Clazomenian black-figure pottery neck amphora;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Clazomenian
Fabric_description Orange brown clay
Munsell_color 5YR 6/4
Decoration exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of swan confronting siren (only traces swan's head, neck, breast and right wing outstretched, to right; siren's face and neck in added white and breast in added red, to left); the chests of the creatures overlap each other.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, paint faded.
Technique/Style painted, incised; black-figure
Provenance Daphnae or Naukratis (Made in: Clazomenae)
Period Archaic
Date 550BC-510BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.20.0085.jpg
Top view of a fragment from amphora, showing a swan (left) facing siren (right), with breasts overlapping.

2004.46.0088.jpg
Top view of a fragment from amphora, showing a swan (left) facing siren (right), with breasts overlapping.

2013.04.0011.jpg
Top view of a fragment from amphora, showing a swan (left) facing siren (right), with breasts overlapping.

2013.04.0012.jpg
Top view of a fragment from amphora.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.39, pl. 23, no.32; Villinf et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GH.016 Phase 1;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 5.6
Diameters W: 5.30; T: 0.40
Handle_height
Other_dims. Width 0.4
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Jessica; Karen; Kinsey;Adel;
Date_edited 02.07.2003; 20.04.2004; 16.01.2006;2019
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