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There are 38 objects for which Condition contains → wearing
13.10.18 Good, one handle slightly worn, rim worn away round edges. Large amounts of browny-grey deposit around the rim (exterior and interior), causing wearing of some of the interior decoration. Small string tied to handle (modern)
14.9.11 Small surface scratches. Paint is wearing off of both sides but the design is still distinguishable. Small piece on the corner has been repaired.
14.9.12 Paint wearing off from topside. Large chip to surface of underside - perhpas caused by an air bubble. Evidence of charring (?) on underside. No finished edges.
14.9.23 The white slip on the underside has darkened. Much wearing of red paint on topside.
14.9.33 The white areas are almost all gone leaving only a shadow of where they were on the black background. The black is wearing from the exterior surface. Some small deposits on the interior surface.
14.9.43 Extremely streaky black paint on interior surface. Some black is wearing from the exterior surface but only towards the lower end of the fragment.
14.9.46 Chipped on the false lid, paint wearing on handles. Paint on the false lid is cracking.
14.9.73 Paint wearing and fading from exterior surface although the odd area of red detail remains. Some flakes of black missinfrom the underside.
14.9.8 Paint is dull and wearing away on both sides. Surface is smooth with no particular damage.
2006.12.13 Fragment; wearing and chipping of decoration
2008.7.149 Fragment, chipped. Exterior a deep scratch towards the centre, and the darker wash is wearing away to reveal a different wash beneath.
2008.7.23 Fragment. Chipping and wearing, more severe on interior. "Aegina" handwritten in pencil on interior.
2008.7.38 Fragment; one large and several smaller chips on the exterior, general wearing on the interior; "Aegina Aphrodite" handwritten in pencil on interior.
2008.7.97 Fragment, chipped. Engraving wearing away. Illegible handwritten pencil marks on interior.
2016.5.1 Wearing of painting on the body, neck, rim and handle.
2016.5.2 Five repaired cracks on the body. Gray mastice on part of the rim. Wearing of reddish painting on the body and base of the vase. Wearing of black painting on the handles.
26.2.28 Painted bands on underside are wearing away considerably compared to the topside which has retained most of its colour apart from some white but it is now a little dull. Surfaces are all still smooth with no significant damage.
26.7.1 Intact. Small crack forming at one handle. Streaky paint on bottom of body, showing red through black/brown. Paint is wearing from outside of body on one side particularly. Dusty white deposits on exterior surface as well as uneven lumps in the walls.
29.5.3 Intact. Some wearing of paint on the body of the swan. Small chip on body where an inclusion in the clay is showing through.
30.4.2 Worn paint on mouth. Some wearing on goat but added colour remains. Shinier glazse remains on the base of the object than on the top.
34.10.11 Spout, handle, lid and body intact. Slight wearing of gloss around base and spout.
34.8.11 Intact, tip of nozzle and area of base chipped. Smaller chips all over the lamp. Glaze wearing, white deposit in places.
34.8.12 The handle has been rejoined to the lid, whose colour has been peeled off from many spots (underneath). The body has been reconstructed by 6 fragments. There are some bits missing at the joining points of the fragments, as well as from the incurved surface of the rim. Few bits have been chipped off from the base. The colour is wearing off from many spots, especially at the body. The deposits under the lid and inside the body almost obscure the glaze.
39.9.5 Clear red paint remains. Intact. Wearing of paint on body. Small chips in side of body.
45.6.4 Intact. Deposits all over making surface very gritty. Some wearing of black bands.
45.6.40 Complete and intact, variations in colour with black glaze wearing thin in most areas; white deposits on rim and interior.
47.6.1 Chips to rim and base. Some wearing of paintwork but enough remains. Large crack runs down the length of the body to foot. Some deposits.
49.4.2 The vessel is repaired but incomplete, since a large part (1/4) of foot is missing. The lip is also repaired (from two fragments), but a small part is still missing. There is also a cracking on the interior of the rim. Many small bits have been pitted off from the vessel and a few small spots have been chipped off. Additionally, part of the paint on side A is wearing off. There is plaster on the interior of the mouth, as well as plaster and adhesives on other surfaces ((area underneath the rim and on the one handle) and resting surface bears traces of plaster as well and deposits?
49.8.9 Intact, except for tiny chips on the rim and three small gouges on the lower body. The vessel's condition is very good, as the paint is not worn and the glaze remains. There is a dent in the body but this was made during production. Only slight wearing of the purple dots but not so as they become indistinguishable.
50.4.25 Complete, but with nozzle glued back on with B72 glue. A few cracks on the discus, wash wearing in places. Small hole where spout joins discus.
79.1.10 Intact, missing handle, small hole in the base. Lumpy deposit over areas of the lamp, wash wearing in places. Blackening of the nozzle due to use.
79.1.12 Intact, small chip to the end of the spout. Wash is wearing, especially at the back of the lamp. large amount of deposit visible through the wick hole. Small amount of deposit on the exterior, more on the base. Nozzle tip blackened, possibly from use.
E.62.25 There is a chip out of the lip, and there is a large crack going arond the widest point of the body. There is also a large amount of wearing away of the red colouring oof the vase.
E.62.26 Intact, two large chips out of the lip next to each other. Small amounts of white deposit on the outside. There is also a small amount of wearing of the red pigment.
REDMG:1951.160.1 Nearly intact, with a large piece rejoined to the rim. Rim slightly scratched and red surface slightly worn; light grey deposits cover the underside. Red wash on figures seems to be wearing off.
REDMG:1953.25.6 Intact. Deposits inside and large chip to inside of pot by handle. Outside shows some wearing of surface, with deposits on handles.
REDMG:1964.1644.1 Large, buff coloured deposits on handle. Some wearing of paint on rim.
TEMP.2007. 2.69 Fragment; some chipping and wearing
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