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Fragment of a redware goblet with an amphora
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
2nd–late 1st century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.472
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionLower body sherd of a goblet with an applied sprig: a male figure (servant?) with a wine amphora. The sherd was coated in a red slip, before white paint was added to the amphora and black to the servants tunic.
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).