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Fragment of two-handled jar (amphora)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
540–510 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .042 x .03
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.555
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 338.
DescriptionUpper body sherd of East Greek, probably Clazomenian, pottery closed vessel, probably a neck-amphora. The clay is gray-red has a thin brown slip. Decorated with an outline scale pattern in dull glaze, a white spot added in each scale. Cf. Edgar, Greek Vases in Cairo Museum, No. 26,149, pl. III.
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).