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Accession_Number 45.6.33
Shape Bottle
Shape_description Outturned rim; tall thin neck leading into broad shoulder with two lugs opposite each other; almost vertically-sided body; flat base surrounded by very slight ridge.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/4
Decoration Mouth, neck, lugs and upper part of body black. Bottom part of body and foot underneath reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Deposits on mouth and body. Paint worn on mouth.
Technique/Style Black glaze; dipped
Provenance
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic
Date 325-300
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing two opposite lugs.

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Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing reserved lower portion of body.

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Side view of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing reserved lower portion of body.

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Front view, from slightly above, of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing the long thin neck and broad shoulder.

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Top view of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing the mouth and shoulder.

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Bottom view of a Sicilian black-glazed bottle, showing the reserved base.
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Beazley_DB
Height 10.2
Diameters Rim 2.2; neck 1.1; body 6.4; base 5.3
Handle_height 0.5
Other_dims.
Location 5.2.3
Edited_by Denise; Teifi
Date_edited 08.08.2002; 01.09.2006
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