Small amphora

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Inventory number

Ακρ. 9748

Category

Vessel

Period

Early Bronze Age

Date

2300-2000 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.158 m
Rim diameter: 0.103 m
Neck diameter: 0.084 m
Body diameter: 0.13 m
Base diameter: 0.065 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 9

Description
Bibliography

Small handmade amphora mended of fragments and restored. It was found in 1963 in a pit close to the Sanctuary of Asklepios on the south slope of the Acropolis.

Its body is globular, the neck high with broad outturned rim and vertical handles. Its exterior is covered in brown slip and bears fire traces.

Πλάτων, Ν., «Εργασίαι διαμορφώσεως και τακτοποιήσεως του αρχαιολογικού χώρου Ακροπόλεως», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 19, 1964, σελ. 24, πίν. 14β, αρ. κατ. 3
Βενιέρη, Γ., «“Rethink Middle Helladic Athens”: Ανασύνθεση της Μεσοελλαδικής Κατοίκησης γύρω από την Ακρόπολη», στο N. Papadimitriou, J.C. Wright κά. (επιμ.), Αthens and Attica in Prehistory: Proceedings of the International Conference, Athens, 27–31 May 2015, 2020, σελ. 312, 313, εικ. 6α, σχ. 6α