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Description: | This object is a handmade terracotta open container with a hand-formed piece across the opening. Founded by Milesians in the XXVI Dynasty (c. 672-525 BC) under Pharaoh Psammetichus II (595-589 BC), Naukratis grew to prominence as a Greek trading centre under Ahmose II (570-526 BC). Shrines and temples were built to Greek gods including Hera, Aphrodite and Apollo. All artefacts are almost always Greek, either imported or else were produced in Naukratis.
The site was excavated in 1885 - 1886 by WM Flinders Petrie and EA Gardner (who worked under Petrie in the second season). DG Hogarth excavated the site also in 1899 and 1903 and later still it was surveyed, first in 1978 and then next in 1983 but is now flooded.
Accession number: NCM 1888-19 | Subjects: | food and drink? objects of indeterminate use (containers) ceramics EGYPTIAN | Temporal: | 300BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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