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Small Amphora

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Cream colored clay with cream slip and brown decoration, now dark in color. Decorated with sets of concentric circles on the shoulder, below which are thick lines. Stripes on neck. Flared lip is slightly chipped. Sides of handles and rim of lip are painted. Spherical body, flat base.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton
Title: Small Amphora
Description:
Cream colored clay with cream slip and brown decoration, now dark in color.
Decorated with sets of concentric circles on the shoulder, below which are thick lines.
Stripes on neck.
Flared lip is slightly chipped.
Sides of handles and rim of lip are painted.
Spherical body, flat base.

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