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Accession_Number 84.8.3
Shape Amphora
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5Y 7/3
Decoration Amphora stamp. Stamp rectangular and takes up most part of the handle. Letters are still visible but worn. Small hole in break of handle.
Inscriptions
Condition Large chips around rim. Black spotted deposits over surface.
Technique/Style
Provenance From Paphos, Cyprus
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0614.jpg
Front view of part of an amphora which has been stamped, stamp not shown.

2002.97.0615.jpg
Part of amphora which has been stamped with small hole in the top.

2002.97.0616.jpg
Underneath of part of amphora which has been stamped, paphos, the place which the amphora is from is stamped in black.

2004.56.0001.jpg
Front view of part of an amphora which has been stamped, stamp not shown.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 7.5
Diameters Min. 2.5; max. 5.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Citizenship
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Kinsey; Joana Varela
Date_edited 15.07.2003; 06.01.2006; 05.04.2017
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH