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Fragment of a large vessel

Greek, East Greek

Archaic Period

600–575 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Ceramic

Dimensions Legacy dimension: .09 x .078

Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription

Accession Number86.503

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 321.9.

DescriptionA register with goats grazing (only the back leg remains of one), rosettes and crosses in the field. Below this there is the top of a lotus-band. The interior is unpainted.

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).