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Accession_Number 84.8.4
Shape Amphora
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/4
Decoration Amphora stamp. Round circular stamp, with words around the outside of the circle and a picture or symbol which is difficult to make out in the centre. Stamp is on lower part of handle. There is a small hole on the break of the handle.
Inscriptions
Condition Stamp worn, area around stamp scratched and chipped
Technique/Style
Provenance Paphos, Cyprus
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0617.jpg
Front view of part of an amphora which has been stamped, stamp not shown.

2002.97.0618.jpg
Side view of part of amphora which has been stamped with crack going half way up the centre.

2002.97.0619.jpg
Side view of part of amphora with stamp, showing circular stamp.

2004.56.0002.jpg
Front view of part of an amphora which has been stamped, stamp not shown.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 10.5
Diameters Min. 3.0; max. 8.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Citizenship
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Kinsey; Joana Varela
Date_edited 15.07.2003; 06.01.2006; 05.04.2017
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