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Feeder

Greek
Classical Period
4th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Cemetery

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .073 D. .035 H.
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.818
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ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 365.
DescriptionAn Athenian feeder mostly intact and partly mended. The top is decorated with spirals.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Cemetery. 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).