Fragment of an East Greek black-figure amphora showing a siren - ROM2014_14158_22

ROM2014_14158_22

Fragment of an East Greek black-figure amphora showing a siren

Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made at Klazomenai, Turkey; excavated at Naukratis, Egypt
Date: about 550-530 BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Object number: 910X234.59
On view
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionFragment from the neck of a Klazomenian East Greek neck-amphora decorated in black-figure technique with the body of a siren facing an animal.
Cataloguer: Dr. Kate Cooper (2012 to present)
Cataloguer: Dr. John W. Hayes (ROM Staff active 1968 - 1992)
Collection:
Greek WorldEgypt
Department: World Cultures: Greek and Roman
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