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NM Ant 0038 :: amphora

Object description: Neck amphora. Wide, overhanging rim in three degrees; concave neck with three groups of two grooves; sloping shoulder; ovoid body; thick, vertical, twisted handles from upper neck to shoulder; masks at base of handles; large part of body ribbed – ribbing interrupted at upper body by six moulded, female figures and below these by a smooth band; area beneath handles smooth; short stem; flange between stem and base; torus base. Yellowish brown clay; black glaze; added white. Stamped palmettes (in negative) on edge of rim; on neck a spray of ivy – white leaves and berries, incised stem; above and below a row of white dots; another spray of ivy framed by rows of white dots encircles the smooth band on body; underside reserved.

Data elements

Inventory number

NM Ant 0038

Serie nummer

1650

Object

amphora

Country - Findspot

Tunisia : Africa

Place - Findspot

Tunis

Material

Clay; Earthenware; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Found by consul-general Hahr. Priorly part of the collection of prince Oscar. Transferred from Gustaf III’s Museum of Antiquities to the National Museum in 1866.

Description

Neck amphora. Wide, overhanging rim in three degrees; concave neck with three groups of two grooves; sloping shoulder; ovoid body; thick, vertical, twisted handles from upper neck to shoulder; masks at base of handles; large part of body ribbed – ribbing interrupted at upper body by six moulded, female figures and below these by a smooth band; area beneath handles smooth; short stem; flange between stem and base; torus base. Yellowish brown clay; black glaze; added white. Stamped palmettes (in negative) on edge of rim; on neck a spray of ivy – white leaves and berries, incised stem; above and below a row of white dots; another spray of ivy framed by rows of white dots encircles the smooth band on body; underside reserved.

Period

Hellenistic

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current