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Accession_Number 51.7.4
Shape Stamnos
Shape_description Handle
Material Bronze
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Small stamnos handle in heavy bronze. Each attachment point decorated with a palmette beneath a garland, in relief.
Inscriptions
Condition Handle. Point of right hand crest broken.
Technique/Style Relief; cast
Provenance
Period Hellenistic
Date 4 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a bronze stamnos handle, showing palmette attachment points on either end.

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Back view of a bronze stamnos handle.

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Side view of a bronze stamnos handle, showing palmette decorated attachment points.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 5.5
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. 6.0. Right palmette: H. 4.4; W. 3.5. Left palmette: H. 4.5; W. 3.5
Location Household
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Kinsey; Joana Varela
Date_edited 16.07.2003; 09.01.2006; 24.04.2017
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