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Undergraduate StudyClassics Teaching Collection
Classics at the University of Edinburgh possesses a fine study collection of ancient objects—mostly terracotta vases—from Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, and the Roman world, spanning from the prehistoric period to the Roman era. Although it has not been possible to trace the donor or original provenance of our collection, the complete state of the vases suggests that they come from a funerary context. Especially interesting are the Cypriot examples of White Slip Ware, Proto-White Painted and Cypriot-Geometric vases. They offer a good sample of different fabrics and shapes from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. The same can be claimed for the Corinthian aryballoi, which together with the Attic black-figure lekythoi, illustrate the variety of techniques employed to decorate funerary offerings at Athens and Corinth.
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