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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1645.1
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/6
Decoration Handle, rim and part of body remaining. Interior surface appears to have been black but is now worn back to clay. Handle is oval, rounded and was painted black. Body part appears to have been unevenly painted/fired leaving areas reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Paint has been very badly eroded. Deposits have built up around area where handle joins body.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2006.20.0508.jpg
Oblique view of the side profile of a fragment of a skyphos.

2006.20.0509.jpg
Front view of a fragment of a skyphos, showing the black interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 3.1
Diameters
Handle_height 1.7
Other_dims. Length 4.6 Thickest point 2.8
Location 11.1.5
Edited_by Denise
Date_edited 19 August 2002
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