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Accession_Number 45.10.30
Shape amphora
Shape_description Fragment of an amphora
Material terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 5/6
Decoration exterior: the red surface is decorated in the upper part with a black band, then there is a key decoration running left, under the key there is a thin, horizontal, black line, below that there is the head of an Amazon in profile facing left, wearing helmet. The head of the Amazon is painted in white.
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Condition
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance
Period Late Archaic
Date 500-400
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Comparanda 49.8.8 (decoration) BEAZLEY DB: 303307, ATHENIAN, READING, UNIVERSITY, READING, UNIVERSITY, 49VIII8
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Beazley_DB
Height 5.3
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. width: 5.6
Location 11.1.8
Edited_by Ludovica; Jayne
Date_edited 19/07/2022; 26.07.2023
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