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Amphora
Roman
Roman Republican or Early Imperial
late 1st BC or early 1st AD
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Plain Ware
Dimensions
Overall: 85 x 38 cm (33 7/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
51 LBS DV add 10 for wall mount
51 LBS DV add 10 for wall mount
Credit Line
Gift of Henry P. Kidder
Accession Number85.476
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionTransport Amphora.
Spotted yellow-brown, coarse clay; pointed end, and two handles. "Said to have been dug up from the sand off Salamis. Aquired through Carondonis."
Spotted yellow-brown, coarse clay; pointed end, and two handles. "Said to have been dug up from the sand off Salamis. Aquired through Carondonis."
ProvenanceSaid to have been dug up from the sand off Salamis and acquired through Carandonis; by 1885: H. P. Kidder Collection; gift of H. P. Kidder to MFA, August, 1885