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Accession_Number 26.2.79
Shape Krater
Shape_description Rim and shoulder sherd of Laconian black-glazed pottery krater;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Laconian
Fabric_description Clay a brownish-grey.
Munsell_color
Decoration interior and top of rim black; exterior of rim slipped creamy white; from top: frieze of black triangles above large broken maeander band between rows of black dots; neck glazed.
Inscriptions
Condition
Technique/Style slipped, painted; black glazed;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (made in Laconia)
Period High Archaic
Date 575BC-525BC;
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Five fragments of Laconian kraters. Clockwise from top left: 26.2.80, 26.2.79, 26.2.83, 26.2.82, 26.2.81.

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Front view of the exterior of a Laconian krater rim fragment.

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Oblique view of the interior of a Laconian krater rim fragment.

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Oblique view of the exterior of a Laconian krater rim fragment.

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Top view of the interior of a Laconian krater rim fragment.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.38, pl. 23, no.18; Stibbe 1989 p.104; Venit 1982 p.560, no. E37; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GC.52, phase 3;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 6.40;
Diameters 44.00 (rim)
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:14.50;
Location 4.2.1
Edited_by Richard; Karen; Jasmin Payne; Adel;
Date_edited 10.02.2004; 20.04.2004; 18.10.2018; 2019;
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