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Olpe

Olpe
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Olpe

Category:
Containers and related objects, vessels, olpes
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Nelson Island
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height: 
13.4 cm;
diameter of the rim: 
3.1 cm;
max. diameter of the body: 
5.2 cm;
diameter of the base: 
3.3 cm
Hall:
Nelson Island Collection, showcase 34



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Cécile Harlaut, “Aux origines d’Alexandrie et de sa production céramique, vases de contextes hellénistiques anciens, provenant d’Alexandrie, de l’île de Nelson (région de Canope), et de Plinthine (Chôra occidentale) 331-250 av. J.-C.”, in Cécile Harlaut and John W Hayes, Pottery in Hellenistic Alexandria, Études alexandrines 45 (Alexandria: Centre d’Études Alexandrines, 2018): 77; 140, fig. 20, no. 114.
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