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Object type vase
object_type QS:P31,Q191851
Description
English: Plastic aryballos in the shape of a squatting man with hands clasped together, perhaps a comic actor, a komast or silenos. Previously thought to be Corinthian, now known to be of Eastern Greek, ca. 600-550 BC. From the sanctuary of Aphrodite in Naukratis, Egypt (?).
Français : Aryballe plastique en forme d'homme accroupi, peut-être un acteur comique, un comaste ou un silène. Objet supposé autrefois comme de manufacture corinthienne, identifié aujourd'hui comme une production grecque orientale, vers 600-550 av. J.-C. Provenance supposée : sanctuaire d'Aphrodite à Naucratis en Égypte.
Date between circa 600 and circa 550 BC
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions length: 4.1 cm (1.6 in); height: 9.3 cm (3.6 in); width: 4.4 cm (1.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,4.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,9.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,4.4U174728
; Weight: 73 g (2.57 oz)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 13, Geometric and Archaic Greece
Accession number
GR 1888.6-1.660 (Cat. Terracotta 1667)
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1885-1886: excavated. Place: Naucratis.

1888: given by Egypt Exploration Fund
References British Museum: online database: entry 462552
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