DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16880853
title: 3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: MNA 999.1.1 (BAPD 9023288), Palmela amphora of Panathenaic shape

description: This dataset is Supplementary Material to the publication:



Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2026). "The grand tour: a multi-analytical journey into the Palmela amphora of Panathenaic shape”. Conservar Património 51:74-89. https://doi.org/10.14568/cp32688


How to cite this dataset: Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2025). 3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: MNA 999.1.1 (BAPD 9023288), Palmela amphora of Panathenaic shape [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16880854

Unless otherwise indicated, all images presented were created by Vera Moitinho de Almeida and are available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Permission was granted from IMI-art/Affidea to use the CT imagery of the vessel and the lid in this publication. The CT DICOM dataset used for this study is available from IMI-art/Affidea on reasonable request.

This dataset includes larger images and further characterisation of the MNA 999.1.1 (BAPD 9023288) black-figured vessel and lid, from the Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (MNA, the Portuguese National Museum of Archaeology), in Lisbon, Portugal.

Aims: document, characterise, and analyse archaeological Greek pottery. Specifically, to help clarifying if the MNA 999.1.1 (BAPD 9023288) is an ancient vessel with extensive overlayers of modern interventions or a completely modern product.

Data acquisition: visible (Vis) and ultraviolet (UV) imaging was carried out at the MNA, using an X-Rite ColorChecker©; main features of the UV imaging system consisted of a near UV wavelength (365 nm) lamp, and a Canon EOS 550D camera, coupled with an AF-S Canon 18-135 mm f/3.5 lens and a Hama UV 0 filter. CT imaging was carried out at IMI-art/Affidea, in Lisbon, Portugal; main features of the CT imaging system consisted of a Siemens Somatom Definition AS 128, spiral tomography; 100 kV, 400 mA; 1330 slices, 6 mm thickness with 50% reconstruction overlap, 0.35 pitch, square matrix 512x512 pixels.

Data acquisition and processing are described in:



Prates, C., Moitinho de Almeida, V., Sousa, S., Rodrigues, A.L., Dias, M.I. (2023). “Palmela’s “Pseudo-Panathenaic” Amphora: unveiling the truth, more than 200 years later”. In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.265-287. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)

Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2023). "Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.265-287. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)

Spelitz, S., Moitinho de Almeida, V., Lang-Auinger, C. (2020). “Automatic geometry, metrology, and visualisation techniques for 3D scanned vessels”. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 17:e00105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2019.e00105


Access to the MNA 999.1.1 was granted by the MNA.

When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID reference to the physical object: MNA 999.1.1 (BAPD 9023288: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/0AAC51D6-07BF-4190-A0A5-3E2B45D62909).