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Fragment of libation bowl (phiale mesomphalos)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
570–560 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Hera
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .065 .055
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.961
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 302.3.
DescriptionFragment of a Chian libation bowl. Exterior: two brown lines on a white ground. Interior: alternation red and white crescents, a three white line band, and alternating white and red petals.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of Hera. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).