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Urn
MS1115
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1115 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
| Locus | Tomb 16F |
| Date Made | 700 BCE to 600 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Description | on conical foot with spectacle handles; plain. Pottery; half of one handle restored. Fabric like MS1113, red at core, outer surface brown to red. Body handmade; foot and neck made on awheel. The upright rim has horizontal grooves. Scant traces of white paint on handles. The unusual shape is a variation of a lydion, with the substitution of an upright rimless neck and the addition of handles. |
| Height | 19.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Giuseppe Ficola, 1896 |
| Other Number | 551 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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