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Terracotta neck-amphora

Terracotta neck-amphora






Date : near 540 B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Dodge Fund (1963)
Chalcidian vase
Storage jar
Item 6 on 197
Greek Antiquities
Container

Vitrine : V04

Area related
South of Italy (Italy)

Description   

This type of fine black-figure vase is found primarily in southern Italy. It is known as Chalcidian because some examples carry inscriptions in the script used at the city of Chalkis, on the island of Euboea.
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