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Accession_Number 26.2.28
Shape plate
Shape_description Rim and body sherd of North Ionian Late Wild Goat Style pottery plate;
Material Terracotta
Fabric East Greek
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 6/6
Decoration Brownish buff ground. The underside has three evenly sized and spaced bands. The parts between are reserved. The topside has red band around rim, with bands of white-red-white on black below with a meander pattern in red followed by another set of red and white bands on black. There are the tips of tongues at the fracture coloured black and red.
Inscriptions
Condition 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.
Technique/Style painted, slipped;
Provenance Probably from Naucratis or Tell Dafana (made in North Ionia)
Period High Archaic
Date 600-570;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.45.0081.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an East Greek plate, showing the topside.

2003.45.0088.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an East Greek plate, showing the underside.

2013.04.0065.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an East Greek plate, showing the topside.

2013.04.0066.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an East Greek plate, showing the underside.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1,p.34, pl. 21., no.30a-b; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GG.714;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 1.50
Diameters 24.00 (rim)
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:7.40; T:0.80;
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey; Joana Varela; Adel;
Date_edited 20.09.2002; 19.04.2004; 16.01.2006; 05.04.2017;2019;
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