Amphora
| Object Number: | MS562 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Vulci |
| Locus: | Tomb 5 |
| Period: | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made: | 600-575 BCE |
| Early Date: | -600 |
| Late Date: | -575 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 66.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 44.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 130 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
Intact but for hole in side of body. Fabric of medium fine texture, cinder-grey at core, outer portions buff. Wheel-made. Exterior is glaze-painted on wheel, except the neck, a narrow band below handles and band above foot reserved. Body a wide sharp ovoid, handles from neck to shoulder round in section and bent at sharp angle. Lip high and curved on neck both faces painted l c-c between pairs of short wavy vertical lines. Graffito on neck. Sample of clay taken from base for analysis in SOS project of British School of Archaeology oin Athens (Dr. Alan Johnston). July 30, 1975. GRE.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 44, fig. 30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Dohan, Edith H. 1942. Italic Tomb-Groups in the University Museum.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 97-98, no. 1, pl. LI | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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