Dish
MS2820
From: Italy | Etruria | Falisca
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2820 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Faliscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Falisca |
| Creator | Genucilia Group |
| Locus | Fossa Tomb 2 | Pit Grave 2 |
| Date Made | 400 BCE to 300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Glazed | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Star |
| Description | Genucilia plate; star painted in tondo; red figure. Broad foot with raised edge; short, thick stem. Shallow receptacle with relatively borad rim, convex above. Glazed: edge of foot; band on underside of dish; overhang of rim; and glazed decoration of top surfaces. In center of top is a large four armed asterisk with 3 dots in each quadrant. On the rim is a wave pattern with 5 crests. Intact. Fine yellow-buff slip. |
| Height | 5.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.7 cm |
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