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Accession_Number temp.2022.7.5
Shape amphora
Shape_description amphora with rounded body, wider in the upper part; flat base, two symmetrical handles, the neck is smaller than the body and is partially broken; there is a groove between the neck and the body
Material terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description reddish clay
Munsell_color 10YR 6/3
Decoration
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Condition the body and the two handles are intact, the neck is partially broken, five fragments of the neck are inside the jug, no cracks
Technique/Style turning lathe
Provenance Salamis, Cyprus
Period Late Greco-Phoenian
Date 650-450 BC
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Beazley_DB
Height 24.0
Diameters neck: 12.5 body: 17.5 base: 10.0
Handle_height 8.5
Other_dims. neck height: 5.5
Location 6.2
Edited_by Ludovica
Date_edited 12/07/2022
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