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Accession_Number 26.12.26
Shape Oinochoe
Shape_description Trefoil lip oinochoe with a banded handle that bears a ribbed back. The body is ovaloid and the foot is conical with a round base.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration The vessel bears an uneven black glaze, but it is partly fired red. There is a wide groove at the rim and two more at the upper part of the neck, from which seem to be hanging seven, double, semi-circular, white lines, each one flanked by vertical ones. There are also two grooves that contour the upper part of the vessel's shoulder. The latter bears decoration in white, of a branch with double-leaved (teardropped) motives. There is one last groove below that pattern.
Inscriptions
Condition The vessel has been repaired from ca. 10 fragments, however, part of the lip and three pieces from the shoulder are missing. There is also accumulation of deposits, especially in the interior, as well as some spots that have been pitted off.
Technique/Style West slope ware
Provenance
Period Hellenistic
Date 3 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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West slope ware vases: oinochoe (left, 26.12.26) and pyxis (right, 26.12.27).

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Right side view of a West slope ware trefoil oinochoe.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 40.4
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 20.6
Diameters Base: 6.4
Handle_height 10.6
Other_dims.
Location Timeline 3c bottom
Edited_by Georgia; Karen; Kinsey
Date_edited 16.06.2003; 21.04.2004; 18.01.2006
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