
Hellenistic
Lagynos with spiral twisted handle
Wheel-thrown earthenware with slip paint 23.3 cm
Classification
- Object type
- Pottery vessel
- Shape
- Jug
- Decoration
- Painted
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- probablyHellenistic and RomanHellenistic
- Date
- 200 - 1 BC
Collection
Provenance
- Attributed to Egypt, Alexandria region, but possibly from Cyprus or Syro-Palestine; findspot unknown
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 910.2.61, Ontario Museum
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