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Accession_Number

22.3.7

Shape

Kylix

Shape_description

Stemless. Inside, deep concave rim, sharply marked off although the outside is an unbroken curve and does not follow contours of the inside. Groove separates the body from the short foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Italian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

2.5YR 4/8

Decoration

Stamped in the centre is a single palmette, surrounded by ring of eight palmettes at irregular intervals, outside an incised circle, and beyond that a similar ring of sixteen palmettes outside another incised cirlcle. Foot ring is black inside and out as is resting surface. Base is flat and ruddled with central black dot.

Inscriptions

Condition

One handle and part of rim missing, as is a large chip from the rim. Large piece missing from the inside. Two large marks are also on the outside of the kylix where the handle used to be.

Technique/Style

Black glaze

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

425-400

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.30.0003.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly below, of an Italian black-gloss stemless kylix, showing side and base.
2003.31.0004.jpg	Top view of temless kylix, showing missing handle and a leaf shape on inside rim.
2003.97.0887.jpg	Right side view of an Italian black-gloss stemless kylix showing broken rim and interior.
2003.97.0888.jpg	Left side view of an Italian black-gloss stemless kylix showing handle and interior.
2003.97.0889.jpg	Top view of an Italian black-gloss stemless kylix, showing palmettes stamped in the interior of the bowl.
2003.97.0890.jpg	Bottom view of an Italian black-gloss stemless kylix, showing reserved base.