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Accession_Number 26.2.41
Shape Amphora
Shape_description Shoulder sherd of Ionian Late Wild Goat Style pottery closed vessel, possibly an amphora;
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration pale slip; exterior: black band on ridge at neck join; below, animal frieze consisting of deer (head, forlegs, and rump missing) to left; four petalled rosette and dots as filling ornament; at right, decorative motif consisting of two vertical wavy lines (or tail of bull?); below, two lines.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment
Technique/Style slipped, painted;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (Made in Ionia)
Period Archaic
Date 600BC-550BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.46.0004.jpg
Top view of fragments, top row left to right: 26.2.46, 26.2.47, 26.2.45, 26.2.44, bottom row: 26.2.42, 26.2.43 and 26.2.41.

2003.46.0079.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment.

2004.46.0005.jpg
Top view of fragments, top row left to right: 26.2.46, 26.2.47, 26.2.45, 26.2.44, bottom row: 26.2.42, 26.2.43 and 26.2.41.

2004.46.0077.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment.

2005.02.0487.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment, showing the exterior decoration.

2005.02.0488.jpg
Front view of an amphora oinochoe fragment.

2005.02.0489.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment, showing the interior.

2005.02.0492.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment, showing the interior.

2005.02.0493.jpg
Front view of an amphora fragment.

2013.04.0097.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment, showing the exterior.

2013.04.0098.jpg
Top view of an amphora fragment, showing the interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.35, pl. 22., no.10; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GS.400
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 8.80
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:7.50; T:0.50;
Location 1.1.2
Edited_by Karen; Adel; Jayne
Date_edited 19.04.2004;2019; 23.02.22
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