Amphora Lid
MS2462B
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2462B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Pomegranate |
| Description | Sections amounting to about one quarter of circumferance missing from around the edge. Knob in form of pomegranate. Around it in a border of tongue pattern, alternately purple and black. Pattern of ivy leaves with red stem around the edge. A prominent flange to fit in neck of vessel on unglazed underside. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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