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Fragment of two-handled jar (amphora)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
about 550 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .053 x .034
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.575
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 321.14.
DescriptionFragment of a Milesian Fikellura amphora. The black-figure decoration includes the lower part of face and the right arm of man drinking from a cup, profile to left, and the shoulder of another man. Both are most likely drunken revelers (komasts).
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).