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Fragment of drinking cup (kantharos)
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
6th–mid 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of Hera
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .059 .061
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.959
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 373.4.
DescriptionFragment of a bucchero kantharos. There are three incised lines below the rim and diagonal lines incised on a ridge towards the bottom of the fragment.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of Hera. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).