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Accession_Number REDMG:1935.87.16
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Offset rim; two kylix handles, one on each side.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/6
Decoration Handles painted black on the top and reserved underneath. Reserved thin line inside lip and on outer side and bottom of footring. Ring foot is black although underneath is ruddled, except for black centre and one small black ring. Streaky glaze in places.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Glaze worn on rim. White deposits on handle and rim.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Late Archaic
Date 500-475
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique front view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos, showing some of the base.

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Oblique front view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos.

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Oblique front view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos with reserved foot and inside of handles.

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Oblique front view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos with reserved outside footring and inside of handles.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos with horizontal handles.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos, showing base with black concentric ring and dot in the centre.
Comparanda REDMG:1953.25.47
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 34.8
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 6.7
Diameters Rim 12.6; base 8.3
Handle_height 4.5
Other_dims.
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Karen
Date_edited 30.08.2002; 21.04.2004
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH