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Inventory number

AB 179

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.023 m
Diameter: 0.092 m

Material

Bronze

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 58

Description
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Omphalos phiale with the central raised indentation and parts of its walls broken. It was found in 1957 on the south slope of the Acropolis.

The body is shallow with slightly incurving walls and rim. The exterior of the vessel is adorned with floral and geometric motifs cut into its exterior.

Broneer, O., «Excavations on the North Slope of the Acropolis, 1937», Hesperia 7, 1938, σελ. 247, 248, εικ. 76-77, αρ. κατ. 3