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Fragment of two-handled jar (amphora)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
540–520 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
3.7 x 6.2 cm (1 7/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 339.3.
DescriptionUpper body sherd of a Clazomenian black-figured amphora. The black-figure decoration consists of a bearded man, most likely a drunken reveler (komast) with only his head remaining.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).