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Attic Black-Glaze Small Bowl or Salt Cellar

1912.01.0022

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Artifact Identification Attic Black-Glaze Small Bowl or Salt Cellar   (1912.01.0022)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Food Service T&E
    3. :
  3. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period 26th Dynasty
Date 425 – 400 BCE
Culture Greek - Attic, Graeco-Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 9.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 2.8 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 81 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Pigment--Slip, Ceramic--Terracotta
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing

Research Remarks

Description

Attic Back-Glaze Small Bowl or Salt Cellar
Shape and Ornament - Convex body with incurving rim, disk foot. Fully glazed, except for two bands on underside of foot.
Dimensions and Condition - H. 0.028 m.; d. body 0.092 m. Tan clay, glossy black glaze very worn and abraded.
About 425 - 400 B.C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 35, 1.
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 32, Plate 35, 1.

PETRIE, W. M. F., Naukratis. Part I., 1884-5. Third Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1886.

GARDNER, E. A., Naukratis, Part II. Sixth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1888.

Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt, The British Museum (online catalogue)

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction no

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