Amphora
- Description
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‘Amphorae’ were used in ancient Greece as storage jars for liquids or grain. The decoration shows two women in conversation, one holding a mirror.
It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague, who collected over 800 specimens, which he bequeathed to the museum upon his death. - Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/649
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- amphora
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- wine container; amphora
- Dimensions
- body width 180 mm; whole height 485 mm; whole depth 170 mm; base footring diameter 130 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Ixion Painter
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Classical - 500-336 BC
- Production Year Low
- -350
- Production Year High
- -300
- Production County
- Campania
- Production Country
- Italy
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; Red figure ware
- Function Name
- storage
- Function Detail
- wine
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Town
- Nola?
- Collection County
- Campania
- Collection Country
- Italy
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
