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Accession_Number 14.9.113
Shape Stemless cup
Shape_description 'Delicate class'
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Moulded foot-ring with reserved groove in the wall of the vase immediately above it. Whole of foot ring black, including resting surface; base black with two reserved grooved bands and reserved centre. Inside, two concentric zones of incised tongues which have degenerated into hooks.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment of the base of a stemless cup
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance From Gela
Period Classical
Date 5 c.
Dating_details End of 5th century
Artist
Attribution
Image

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View of the bottom of a terracotta Attic fragment, with two reserved groove bands and a reserved centre.

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Base of a terracotta Attic fragment, with straight line markings radiating from centre and five edges where fragments have broken off.

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Base of a terracotta Attic fragment, view from above, showing incised design inside.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 34.16, 35.5; Gill 1986, 394, J345
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 11.1.6
Edited_by Karen; Liz; Joana Varela
Date_edited 21.04.2004; 20.06.2007; 19.04.2017
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