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Accession_Number 11.10.14
Shape Kantharos
Shape_description Miniature. Heigh-swing handles(?), duf-bottomed(?). Handles slightly convex on outer side. Slight ridge on level with bottom of the handles.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Black all over, but glaze is lacking luster and brownish.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Surface shows little sign of wear, except for small areas of pinky deposit inside handles and at the top of the foot.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance From Rhitsona, Boeotia (from the bushes)
Period
Date 550-525
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique view of Boeotian black gloss kantharos.

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Top view of Boeotian black gloss kantharos.

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View of base and exterior of black gloss Boeotian Kantharos.

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Kantharos, front view.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 33.3
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height H incl. handles. 5.0; without handles. 3.8
Diameters Diam of mouth. 5.1; Diam of foot. 2.2
Handle_height Handle H. 3.8
Other_dims. Handle width. 1.1
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Georgina; Karen; Kinsey
Date_edited 07.08.02; 21.04.2004; 16.01.2006
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