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Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Period:: Geometric
Date:: ca. 900 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. as restored 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Gift of the Greek Government, 1930
Accession Number:: 30.118.20

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

From the Hymettos deposit (see 30.118.1)
Provenance

From an excavation on Mt. Hymettos
References

Alexander, Christine. 1931. "Notes: Gifts of Classical Anqituities." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 26(1): p. 22.
See also
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Oinochoai (290)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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