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Accession_Number 27.3.1
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Protocorinthian
Fabric_description Fine, thin fabric
Munsell_color
Decoration Greenish ground. Inside is purple/red band then brown paint inside. Outside from top to bottom; black, white, red, white, brown, white, red. Eight black rays radiating from bottom. On base are three concentric black circles, the outermost is the broadest.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Small chips to rim. Paint worn near top on outer surface.
Technique/Style Late Protocorinthian
Provenance Presumably from Cumae
Period Early Archaic
Date 650
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Side views of three Protocorinthian skyphoi, 27.3.1 (left), 28.6.6 (centre), and 27.3.2 (right).

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Skyphos

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Side view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the body and the handle.

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Side view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing pattern on the body.

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Top view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing the inside of the cup and the handles.

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Underside view of a Corintian skyphos, showing pattern on underside of the body and the base.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 2.2
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 5.8
Diameters 7.2
Handle_height 0.5
Other_dims.
Location 5.1.2
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Jayne
Date_edited 22.07.2002; 31.03.2004; 14.06.22
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