Attic black-figure pottery amphora sherd depicting a mythological scene

Details

• Title

  Attic black-figure pottery amphora sherd depicting a mythological scene

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Greece › Attica (place of creation)

• Date

  c.550 BC
  Archaic Period (750 - 480 BC)

• Material and technique

  pottery, with painted and incised decoration

• Object type

  container › vessel › storage vessel › amphora;

  container › vessel › storage vessel › amphora › type B belly-amphora;

  container › vessel › storage vessel › amphora › type A belly-amphora

• Dimensions

  6.4 cm preserved (height)
  6.8 cm preserved (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1892.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.1080

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