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Accession_Number 26.2.68
Shape Chalice
Shape_description Body and base sherd of Chian Simple Animal Style pottery;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Chiot
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 6/2
Decoration Exterior white with one small red/brown section of a pattern at the highest point and one thick almost 1 red/brown line abour half way from the top. Interior is black/brown with a pair(?) of thin faded white lines 0.5 cm from the top edge; below, a repeating pattern of black teardrops, and below that a pattern of white lotus buds interspliced with red dots.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment worn in places; white spots all over the interior, and small chips along the exterior.
Technique/Style painted, slipped; Simple Animal Style;
Provenance Naucratis (made in Chios)
Period Archaic
Date 570BC-560BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique view of the interior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice.

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Oblique view of the exterior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice.

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Oblique view of the exterior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice.

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Oblique view of the interior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.38, pl.23, no.10a-b; Lemos 1991 p.306, no. 1226, pl.159; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GD.1213 phase 2;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.70;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:4.20; T:0.70;
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Matt; Karen; Kinsey; Adel;
Date_edited 16.06.2003; 20.04.2004; 16.01.2006; 2019;
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