Accession No
1951.2010
Description
Amphora consisting of an flared rim, straight neck, globular body with two handles attached, and slightly concave footring base. Bucchero ware made up of a buff red fabric. Decorated with incised bands on the shoulder, ribbing around the neck, and painted black vertical lines around the lower section of the body. Interior of the neck and rim is painted black. Two fragments of the rim are detached but present.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus
Period
Early Iron Age
Source
Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill (Dr) [collector]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector and ?depositor]; Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.2010
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
246mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil on base: 'Guillemard'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Large amphora of bucchero ware much weathered and nearly all the black slip has worn off. Ribbon handles and everted rim (damaged). No marking at all.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Rim has been reconstructed but has broken away again, two pieces.
Event Date 15/8/2000
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Amphora consisting of an flared rim, straight neck, globular body with two handles attached, and slightly concave footring base. Bucchero ware made up of a buff red fabric. Decorated with incised bands on the shoulder, ribbing around the neck, and painted black vertical lines around the lower section of the body. Interior of the neck and rim is painted black. Two fragments of the rim are detached but present.
Event Date 6/3/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:50262
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