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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: .135 x .072
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.549
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 330.6.
DescriptionPart of the neck of a Milesian Fikellura amphora, vertical lines around lip; below a meander in brown shading to red. Inside of lip has two red lines on pale ground.
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).