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Hearst Museum object titled Aerolite, accession number 8-3882, described as Aerolite; meteoric stone.
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-521, described as Long alabastron
Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-7573, described as Alabstron; Gnathian; banded in black; a black area on basal area; black rim; concentric black circles around mouth of vase; white leaf pattern on top band; remains of white paint in egg-and-dart.
Hearst Museum object titled Altar miniature, accession number 8-2355, described as Terracotta, small alter (?) open at bottom, on projecting base. On front face it beats relief scene of swan- like bird who flies with outstretched wing to right with human figure on his back. Figure probably woman, wears long garment and seems to hold veil Tan; coarse, thick fabric.
Hearst Museum object titled Altar textile, accession number 7-3308, described as Portion of altar frontal; cream lace; linen; buratto; darned net; many motifs including phoenix, human figures, horse, peacock
Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-446, described as Black-figured amphora, squatters
Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-1567, described as Big red amphora. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37.5 cm; diameter: 31.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 2). Impasto type D. Clay, slip, and paint as in 8-1564, 8-1565, 8-1566. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body on low, hollow foot; vertical handles. Slip badly faded; also decoration: geometric design reconstructed in figure 12. Vase is a restoration from several pieces; many cracks. For an interesting example, somewhat similar in shape, but in reversed technique (white on red), cf. the vase from south Etruria in C.V.A., British Museum, fasc. 7, IV B, a, pl. 9, 1; see also C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, IV B, pl. 1, no. 1.
Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifs
Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-1863, described as Etrusco-Corinthian amphora. Attributed to the Monte Abatone Painter; ca. 630 BCE. Description from Matteucig (1951): Amphora; height: 28.5 cm; diameter: 22 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 19). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; dark brown, red, and gray paint. High neck with thick curving lip; strap handles; squat ovoid body on low flat base. Inside mouth, for about 3 cm, brown band; three incised lines on lip; neck solid brown, with a line of cream dots just above fillet; on edges of handles, brown vertical stripes; on flat side of handles, at point of contact with lip and shoulder, three horizontal stripes; on shoulder, three groups of seven to ten tongues; below tongues, anar row red band, a reserved line, then a red and gray band; broad brown band with double incised, interlaced, semicircles; anar row gray band; a broader red one and a narrow reserved; another broad red band; broad reserved zone; bottom solid brown. Vase restored from several pieces; surface, scratched; paint peeling off. For similar examples, cf. Not. Sc., 1903, p. 272, fig. 5, from Pitigliano; J. Boehlau, Aus ionischen und italischen Nekropolen, Leipzig, 1898, p. 92, fig. 47; G. H. Karo, De arte vascularia, Bonn, 1896, p. 37, no. 3; Not. Sc., 1930, p. 129, fig. 16, from Tarquinia; Mingazzini, Pl. XXIII, 8.
Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-9875, described as Black figure terracotta amphora with torus lip and strap handles (painted black). top register decorated with crudely painted maened flanked by two satyrs on each side. middle of belly decorated with a Greek key band over a broad black band. bottom register decorated with tear drop band. finished with concave disk base.

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