Amphora (storage jar)

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Amphora (storage jar)
Amphora (storage jar)
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
On view

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.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
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Date: 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.3
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Date: 5th-4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with painted slip
Object number: 2015.6.17
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.18
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.19
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6
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Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th-early 3rd century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.53
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.13
Photograph by David Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.1
Photograph by David Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.10