Amphora

MS994A

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS994A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 102F
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Amphora: one handle modern. Fabric of mideium fine texture, black at core, outer surface brownish buff. Handmade. Once covered with cream slip now largely effaced. Red design: band below lip, around body two zones of zigzags between bands. In the strap handle two triangles and two dots countersunk. Shape like spiral amphorae.

Height 10.5 cm
Outside Diameter 11.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Giuseppe Ficola, 1896
Other Number 490 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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