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Accession_Number 34.10.6
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Two rounded, horizontal handles at rim on opposite sides; deep, straight sided body; groove; small base
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description Heavy fabric
Munsell_color 10YR 7/3
Decoration Black, partly fired to red, all over inside and out, including base. Base is raised. Foot is a grey colour. Paint is very streaky all over.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Poorly fired. Paint has since flaked off. Some deposits at base inside.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Late Archaic / Early Classical / High Classical
Date 5 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.02.0010.jpg
Oblique view, from slightly below, of a Corinthian skyphos, showing side wall, handles and base.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 2.14
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 8.2
Diameters Rim 10.3; base 8.1
Handle_height 1.0
Other_dims.
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey; Teifi
Date_edited 16.08.2002; 31.03.2004; 10.01.2006; 31.07.2006
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH