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Accession_Number 26.2.54
Shape Lid
Shape_description Lid sherd of Chian black-figured Sphinx and Lion Style pottery stemmed bowl;
Material Terracotta
Fabric East Greek
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration cream slip; interior unslipped; exterior: black-figure decoration consisting of sphinx (back and haunches with added red remaining) to right; incised rosette with red centre as filling ornament; below, two black bands above parts of five vertical tongues.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style slipped, painted, incised; Sphinx and Lion style;
Provenance Naukratis (Made in Chios)
Period Archaic
Date 610BC-580BC;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.46.0061.jpg
Top view of an East Greek lid fragment, showing the haunch of a seated lion or sphinx.

2004.46.0094.jpg
Top view of an East Greek lid fragment, showing the haunch of a seated lion or sphinx.

2013.04.0121.jpg
Top view of an East Greek lid fragment, showing the haunch of a seated lion or sphinx.

2013.04.0122.jpg
Top view of an East Greek lid fragment.
Comparanda
Bibliography Lemos 1991 p.315, no.1353; CVA ReadingI, p.37, pl.22, no.28; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GD.2118, phase 2;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 2.80;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:2,80; T:0.60;
Location 1.1.2
Edited_by Karen; Adel;
Date_edited 19.04.2004; 2019;
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