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Fragment of cover
Greek
Archaic Period
early 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of the Dioscuri
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. .065 D. .095
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.1078
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 346.6.
DescriptionFragment of an Attic cover or lid, probably for a lekanis. Red clay; warm buff slip; decoration in black with added red and white. Traces of star in center, surrounded by circles enclosing rows of dots; outside, a frieze of which a siren and the neck of a horse remain. The face and body of siren are red, and there is a row of white dots at the base of the wings.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of the Dioscuri. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).