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Two-handled jar (amphora)
Two-handled jar (amphora)

Two-handled jar (amphora)

Light-Make Class
about 500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
Dimensions18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number13.79
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceLent by W. S. Bigelow, 1877. Made a gift Jan. 2, 1913.
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