Attic black-figure pottery unguent jar

Attic black-figure pottery unguent jar (AN1934.67)

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Details

Title

Attic black-figure pottery unguent jar
Associated place

Sicily (find spot)

Attica (place of creation)
Date

500 BC - 480 BC
Classical Period (Greece) (480 - 323 BC)
Material and technique

pottery, with painted decoration
Object type

alabastron
Dimensions

13.1 cm (height)
rim 3.5 cm (diameter)
4.5 cm (width)
0.3 cm (rim thickness)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Professor John Davidson Beazley, 1934.
Museum location

not on display
Museum department

Antiquities
Accession no.

AN1934.67

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Further reading

Catling, H.W., P.R.S. Moorey, A.J.N.W. Prag & A.C. Brown, Ashmolean Museum Department of Antiquities Sir John and Lady Beazley Gifts 1912-1966 (London: Oxford University Press, 1967), no. 129 on p. 46, no. 129 on pl. XIV

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