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MM 1956:154 :: oinochoe

Object description: Beaked spout; neck with straight profile; rounded body, lower part almost cylindrical; sliced handle from rim to upper body; flat base. Reddish brown clay; black glaze shot with red at places; white paint. Flower on neck opposite handle flanked by acanthus scrolls on spout and neck; irregular tongues/dots on shoulder; human figure (?) on body opposite handle, ground line; scrolls and dots on each side; stemmed flower below handle.

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Inventory number

MM 1956:154

Serie nummer

506

Object

oinochoe

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Italien

Place - Findspot

Cerveteri

Region - Findspot

Etruria

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Keramik

Context

Sorbo necropolis, Tomb 42.

Acquisition

Received in exchange from Museo di Villa Giulia, Rome.

Description

Beaked spout; neck with straight profile; rounded body, lower part almost cylindrical; sliced handle from rim to upper body; flat base. Reddish brown clay; black glaze shot with red at places; white paint. Flower on neck opposite handle flanked by acanthus scrolls on spout and neck; irregular tongues/dots on shoulder; human figure (?) on body opposite handle, ground line; scrolls and dots on each side; stemmed flower below handle.

Period, Swedish