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Fragment of a mixing bowl (dinos)
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
about 600 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .076 x .061
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.539
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionPart of the shoulder of a large East Greek pottery dinos. The exterior has afrieze of outlined tongues, some in added red, and below, the shoulder of an animal.
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).