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. |
| 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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