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Fragment of oil flask (lekythos)

540–530 B.C.
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCeramic
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .045 x .035
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.594
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).
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