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Fragment of mixing bowl (column krater)

Fragment of mixing bowl (column krater)

Greek, East Greek

Archaic Period

600–550 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Ceramic

Dimensions Legacy dimension: .15 x .057

Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription

Accession Number86.540

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 330.3.

DescriptionPart of rim of a large krater. On top, a meander, outside, a guilloche.

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).