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Attic Black Glaze Salt Cellar or Small Bowl

1911.02.0015

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Artifact Identification Attic Black Glaze Salt Cellar or Small Bowl   (1911.02.0015)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Food Service T&E
    3. :
  3. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Greek, Graeco-Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 15.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 5.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.4 cm
Weight 312 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Slip
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description

Attic Black-Glaze: Salt Cellar or Small Bowl
Shape and Ornament: Shallow body with incurving rim and wide ring-base. Stamped palmettes on interior. Above base, a reserved groove with traces of red wash. Underside of foot glazed except for resting surface, which is reserved, grooved and covered with red wash. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 35, 3.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 33, Plate 35, 3.

Divisions for region taken from: Baines & Málek 1980
Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction no

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