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Fragment of oil flask (lekythos)
Attributed to: the Amasis Painter
Greek
Archaic Period
540–530 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .045 x .035
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.594
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 356.2.
DescriptionPart of shoulder of a lekythos. Beardless head and right arm. Above, a bit of a chain of lotus-buds.
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).