Karchesion

Museum number:
8-2107
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Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Redblack karchesion. Angular handles, rim, collar; and shoulder engraved with zigzag, interlace, and groups of 5 or 6 vertical pendants.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sovana, Tuscany, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Detached objects from Sovana, purchased of Clorindo Merlini, excavator, at Pitigliano (itself a fortified Etruscan and medieval city) in December 1901 and January 1902.
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1901-1902
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Karchesion
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Karchesion, accession number 8-2107, described as Redblack karchesion. Angular handles, rim, collar; and shoulder engraved with zigzag, interlace, and groups of 5 or 6 vertical pendants.

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