Small transport storage jar (amphora) with one handle
Artist
Unknown
Date4th century BCE
Periodlate Classical to early Hellenistic
CultureMediterranean
MediumCeramic (wheelmade)
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874–1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.630
On View
Not on viewHeight: 10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm)
Width (with handle): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Diameter (body; at carinated lower edge of shoulder): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
Diameter (body; below handle): 3 1/4 in. (8.25-8.33 cm)
Thickness (wall; at neck): 3/16 in. (0.47 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 2 1/16 in. (5.26-5.32 cm)
Diameter (interior): 1 3/4 in. (4.53-4.42 cm)
Handle
Height: 2 11/16 in. (6.82 cm)
Width: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Thickness: 7/16 in. (1.08 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Fabric: 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink) to 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) and 10YR 7/6 yellow; core 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Inclusions
many small sand, few small lime, few small red, few small voids
900-800 BCE
650-475 BCE
1100-1000 BCE
1050-900 BCE
800-650 BCE
100–200
800-650 BCE
1st Century BC–3rd Century AD