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Accession_Number 22.9.4
Shape Kantharos
Shape_description Deep drinking cup with base and side handles. Underside concave.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 4/8
Decoration Top half of cup glazed black; bottom half and inside red. Inside has 2 discoloured patches.
Inscriptions
Condition A third of the rim is missing; soil deposits situated around cup and white deposits all over.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period
Date 425-400 BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.29.0088.jpg
Front view of a Boeotian black-glazed kantharos.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 33.8
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 12.5
Diameters Rim 11.5, foot 3.0, base 5.8
Handle_height 8.6
Other_dims.
Location Shape
Edited_by Sarah; Kinsey
Date_edited 22.07.2003; 11.01.2006
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