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Accession_Number 26.2.65
Shape Chalice or kantharos
Shape_description Body sherd of Chian Simple Animal Style pottery chalice or Type B1 kantharos;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Chiot
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 4/3
Decoration yellowish white slip; interior: glazed black; near top of sherd, part of lotus flower in added white; below, part of two narrow white bands; exterior reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Single fragment, sightly chipped on the exterior.
Technique/Style painted, slipped; Simple Animal Style;
Provenance Naucratis (made in Chios)
Period Archaic
Date 575BC-550BC;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2007.03.1188.jpg
Top view of the interior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice or kantharos.

2007.03.1189.jpg
Top view of the exterior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice or kantharos.

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Top view of the interior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice or kantharos.

2013.04.0154.jpg
Top view of the exterior of a fragment of a Chiot chalice or kantharos.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1,p.37, pl.23, no.7a-b; Lemos 1991 p.303, no. 1116, pl.153; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GD.1521 phase 2;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.40;
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:4.70; T:.020;
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Matt; Karen; Kinsey; Adel;
Date_edited 16.06.2003; 20.04.2004; 16.01.2006; 2019;
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