Oinochoe

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 ΝΑΚ 474

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Geometric Period

Date

750-725 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.216 m
Rim diameter: 0.124 m
Body diameter: 0.18 m
Base diameter: 0.096 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 77

Description
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Oinochoe mended of many fragments. It was found in 1957 at a cemetery on the south slope of the Acropolis. It comes from Burial XXI-Θ and was deposited, along with another pot, as a burial offering.

Its base is flat, the body globular, the neck wide with trefoil mouth and one vertical handle. Big part of the body, as well as the neck, is covered in black paint. The rim adorns a horizontal band and small dots, the handle one band and the shoulder wavy and horizontal lines.

Χαριτωνίδης, Σ.Ι., «Ευρήματα Πρωτογεωμετρικής και Γεωμετρικής εποχής της ανασκαφής νοτίως της Ακροπόλεως», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 28, 1973, σελ. 23, πίν. 14δ, αρ. κατ. ΓΜ 58