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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2397
Title
Fragmentary Black-figure Alabastron: Musical Contests
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
520-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288253

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
11 x 4.8 cm (4 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #13412

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2397
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sara Chiarini, The So-called Nonsense Inscriptions on Ancient Greek Vases: Between Paideia and Paidia, Brill Academic Publishers (Leiden) (Leiden, The Netherlands, 2018), pp. 308-9

Verification Level

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