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Accession_Number 2008.7.53
Shape Fragment
Shape_description Squarish shaped fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 7/4
Decoration Exterior has six thin horizontal parallel brown overpainted lines; interior glazed brown, with one or two possible thin reddish brown horizontal lines (could just be faded wash).
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment; several chips throughout, one large chip on interior; decoration worn down throughout; "Aphrodite" handwritten in pencil on the interior.
Technique/Style
Provenance Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Aegina, picked up by P.N. Ure between 1907 and 1914.
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length 4.1 Width 3.7
Location 8.2.5
Edited_by Alex V
Date_edited 12.7.2008
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