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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.47
Shape Cup-skyphos
Shape_description Rounded everted rim on concave lip, below which are attached two horizontal round handles, oblong in shape, canted and slightly incurved, rising to just below the rim; deep bowl joins a spreading, lipped torus ring foot with a sloping resting surface.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 5/6
Decoration Black glaze (thin on lower part) except reserved line just within rim, panels under handles and interior of handles; foot reserved and reddened, except for black on the interior vertical surface and a small black concentric circle and dot at the centre of the underside.
Inscriptions
Condition Glaze eroded on rim; whitish-tan deposits on one side, on handle and interior of rim
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Late Archaic
Date 480
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique view, from above, of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos, showing the base.

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Oblique view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos, showing one handle.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos.

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Front view of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos, showing one handle.

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Top view of the bottom of an Attic black-glaze cup-skyphos, showing the base.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 6.7
Diameters Rim 12.9; base 8.5
Handle_height
Other_dims. W. incl. handles 19.3
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Amy
Date_edited 22.08.2002; 03.10.2004
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