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29-71-189

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-71-189
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Archaic Greek | East Greek
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus Debris from holes S. of house
Period Archaic Greek Period
Date Made ca. 550 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Man | Spear | Bull
Description

Restored. Buff ware, painted black. Black-figured on natural ground. Wide flat rim. With 3-strand curved handles on either side. Panel decoration: on one side a man holding a spear, between palmette and rosette patterns; on the other two bulls facing each other.

Height 49.8 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 26 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Other Number M8587 - Field No SF | A 1405, A1406, A1407 - Other Number

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