Amphora
MS562
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS562 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Locus | Tomb 5 |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made | 600-575 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| 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. |
| Height | 66.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 44.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number | 130 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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