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Fragments of mixing bowl (krater)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
mid 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.565 H. as restored 0.57 D.
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.1030
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 317.
DescriptionSeveral fragments of a krater restored in plaster; some are joins. Shoulder and body four friezes: (1) sirens and swans(?), details incised (2) lions and bulls, details incised (3) sirens and below a maeander (4) goats, no incised lines.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885-6: 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).