[No Caption] Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Title
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[No Caption] Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Repository
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British Museum
- Alternative
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Burial-urn
Amphora
Vase A1124
- Creator
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unknown
- Photographer
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Lowenstam, Steven
- Creator Display
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unknown Ancient Greek (vase painter)
- Description
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Pottery neck-handled amphora; the shape suggests that it was probably used for a male burial. Clay: orange-buff clay, white grits, lustrous brown-black paint. Shape: torus lip, tall concave neck, ovoid body, disc foot; strap handles. Decoration: Light ground. Bands inside and outside lip, and at base of neck. Shoulder: two sets of nine compass-drawn concentric circles; band between lines below. Three lines around lower body. Handles: intersecting diagonal lines, rings around lower roots. --The British Museum
Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
- View
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Front
- Coverage
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Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece (discovery)
- Temporal
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ca. 975-950 BCE
- Subject
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Geomtric Black Figure
Pottery II
Proto Geometric and Early Geometric
- Style Period
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Protogeometric
Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
- Work Type
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cremation urns
amphorae (storage vessels)
- Date
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-0975/-0950
- Identifier
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Lowenstam_VRC_04725
- Item Locator
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Box 11, Section 5
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Local Collection Name
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Steven Lowenstam Collection
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Measurements
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Height: 42.2 cm Diameter: 15.5 cm Diameter: 26.9 cm Weight: 5 kg
- Material
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pottery | painted
- Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Primary Set
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Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Cultural Context
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Attic (culture)
- Id Current Repository
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1978,0701.8