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Accession_Number 26.12.29
Shape Plemochoe
Shape_description Moulded rings around top of stem and outer edge of top of body. Sharp ridge at top of incurved rim.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian or Euboean
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/4
Decoration Black with reserved bands.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete. Body in two rejoined pieces. Knob on the lid is chipped on both sides and has been broken at the base of the knob and stuck back together. Several chips in the rim of the lid and some scratches. The body also has scratches and chips all over the surface, as well as two large chips in the rim of the base.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date 450
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Plemochoai or stemmed handleless kothons with lids (26.12.29, at left, and 34.8.12, at right).

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Oblique view of a Boeotian or Euboean black-glazed plemochoe.

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Front view of a Boeotian or Euboean black-glazed plemochoe with lid.

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Front view of a Boeotian or Euboean black-glazed plemochoe with lid.

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Front view of a Boeotian or Euboean black-glazed plemochoe.

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Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 39.6
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height H. 13.7
Diameters Lid 10.2; body 17.5; foot 12.2
Handle_height 4.5
Other_dims. H. incl. lid 19.7; H. lid 6.0
Location Excavation shed top 2
Edited_by Georgina; Karen; Jayne
Date_edited 06.08.2002; 21.04.2004; 03.08.2022
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