Olpe
MS3121
From: Italy | Etruria | Civita Castellana
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3121 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Civita Castellana |
| Locus | Tomba a Camera a Faleri | Falerii Chamber Tomb |
| Date Made | 650-600 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Description | Thin base; ovoid body; nearly cylindrical neck; overhanging lip; handle from shoulder to lip with a rotelle on each side at top. Lower wall reserved, with 3 groups of 8 or 9 tongues each. Above them to just below lower handle attachment the wall is covered with very streaky black glaze in which are incised two rows of scale pattern. At level of lower attachment is a broad panel of tongues. Neck, lip and handle are covered with streaky black glaze. |
| Height | 26 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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