Amphora (storage jar)

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Amphora (storage jar)
Amphora (storage jar)
Artist/Maker
Date1st-3rd century CE
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 3 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (9.1 × 9.9 × 13.8 cm) Mouth: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm) Base: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) Handle: 1 7/16 × 1/2 × 1/8 in. (3.6 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.4
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Additional Details

Alternate Titles Storage jar with concave ribbing
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Photograph by Dave Revette.
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Photograph by Dave Revette.
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Photograph by John Bentham.
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.25
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Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
Photograph by Dave Revette.
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Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
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Medium: Terracotta with slip
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