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Accession_Number
2004.8.6
Shape
Skyphos
Shape_description
Material
Terracotta
Fabric
Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
5YR
6/6
Decoration
Six,
black
palmettes
(two only
partially
visible),
set
against a
reserved
background.
Left
of the
palmettes
is a
verticle,
thin
black
line.
Above
the
palmettes
there is a
thick
black
band
around the
rim,
with
black
paint
on the
rim
itself too.
Inscriptions
Condition
Single,
four
sided
fragment,
roughly
broken
on three
sides.
The
black
paint
on the
rim
itself has been
worn
in
patches,
but the
thick
black
band
around the
rim
has
preserved
its
colour
and
paint.
The
reserved
background
has
surface
scratces
and is
worn
in
places.
The
reverse
of the
fragmnent
is
black
in
colour
with five
minute
chips
to the
surface
paint.
Technique/Style
Black
figure
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
2006.20.0572.jpg
Top view of an Attic skyphos fragment, showing six black palmettes with a thick black band above them.
2006.20.0573.jpg
Top view of an Attic skyphos fragment, showing the black reverse.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
reference
1
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims.
L.
4.2;
W.
4.8
Location
11.1.6
Edited_by
Lucia
Date_edited
20.08.2004
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