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Amphora

Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Plain Ware
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .41 H. .10 D.
Credit LineGift of Henry P. Kidder
Accession number85.475
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceSaid to have been dug up from the sand off Salamis and acquired through Carandonis; by 1885: H. P. Kidder Collection; gift of H. P. Kidder to MFA, August, 1885
Two-handled jar with lid
about 5th century B.C. (?)
Pitcher with rounded handle
about 475–400 B.C.
about 325–150 B.C.
Transport amphora
about 700–600 B.C.
Amphora
late 1st BC or early 1st AD