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Fragment with goats
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
late 7th–early 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Hera
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.); width: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.970
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 321.13.
DescriptionFragment of a South Ionian Wild Goat Style vessel. The exteriors has part of two friezes, in each a goat facing right, each with a dot rosette and a four-lobed rosette.
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).