cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/26.7.1
| Accession_Number | 26.7.1 | ||
| Shape | Kantharos | ||
| Shape_description | Globular body with two 'ear' shaped ribbon handles, one on each side. | ||
| Material | Terracotta | ||
| Fabric | Attic | ||
| Fabric_description | |||
| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 8/4 | ||
| Decoration | Handles have a mixed pattern of horizontal lines at the top and bottom with vertical lines in the middle with the underneath reserved. Inside is almost ribbed in texture and painted black/brown with convex circle at centre. Outside is reserved apart from pattern which is similar both sides. Central design is a four-spoked wheel within two circles flanked by two horizontal patterns of crossed lines and three vertical lines. Below is two bands then brown almost to bottom except for a thin reserved band at base. Underneath is flat and reserved. | ||
| Inscriptions | |||
| Condition | Intact. Small crack forming at one handle. Streaky paint on bottom of body, showing red through black/brown. Paint is wearing from outside of body on one side particularly. Dusty white deposits on exterior surface as well as uneven lumps in the walls. | ||
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| Provenance | |||
| Period | Geometric | ||
| Date | 725-675 | ||
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| Comparanda | |||
| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 3.9. | ||
| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||
| Beazley_DB | |||
| Height | 13.0 | ||
| Diameters | 15.0 | ||
| Handle_height | 7.5 | ||
| Other_dims. | Base diameter 7.0 | ||
| Location | Timeline 2b bottom | ||
| Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey | ||
| Date_edited | 6.09.2002; 31.03.2004; 17.01.2006 |
