Amphora

MS1369

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS1369
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Locus Tomb 2
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Grayish bucchero pesante amphora; moulded foot, hollow undersurface. Ovoid body, carinated with straight flared neck. Outward thickened rim. Strap handles with groove at edges, flaring outward towards point of attachment at rim and shoulder.

Ridge at join between shoulder and neck, also near top of neck. Horizontal groove around center of neck. Four female daedalic heads attached to the top of the rim: one above each handle, the other two equidistant.

Note: Blue and white sticker with dots on which “2” and (?) are written. Red and white sticker with (?) and “27” (the writing is smudged in both cases).

Height 28 cm
Outside Diameter 14.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897
Other Number 768 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number | MS5880 - Old Museum Number

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