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Accession_Number

25.9.3

Shape

Mug

Shape_description

The rim is wide and sloping, the handle is double, of ellipsoid cross-section and forms an intense curve against the body, which is ovaloid and inflated. The base is ring-shaped and narrower than the rest of the vessel.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

The vessel bears impressed (stamped) decoration and is black inside, as well as outside. There is a rope-shaped plastic motif above the shoulder of the vessel and the body is ribbed (long, tongue-shaped motives). Below the handle there are ten impressed palmettes (voluted with narrow divisions), arranged in an inverted triangle. The resting surface bears traces of a red line, its shallow inner side bears a black band, the central part is red and there is a black circle with a dot at the centre.

Inscriptions

Condition

At the reverse side the glaze has declined. A big part of the rim has been chipped off and some bits have been pitted off. There are also many deposits especially at the interior.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; stamped

Provenance

From Athens

Period

Late Classical

Date

400-375

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.31.0001.jpg	An Attic black-glazed mug (34.10.10), at left, and an Attic black-glazed oinochoe (35.4.4), at right.
2003.31.0090.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-glazed mug, showing handle and stamped decoration below.
2003.31.0095.jpg	Ribbed wide-mouthed jug, side view, showing handle.
2003.31.0096.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly below, of the back of an Attic black-glazed mug, showing handle and stamped decoration below.
2005.89.0031.jpg