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Accession_Number 27.4.3
Shape Conical cup; tumbler
Shape_description Uneven base. Two holes pierced in bottom 3.0 apart.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description Pale buff fabric
Munsell_color 7.5YR 8/4
Decoration Decorated with black horizontal bands, fired to orange-red, and purplish-red wavy bands. Base decorated with two concentric circles on bottom. Interior reserved.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact and complete; chips and pink deposits on the rim; pitted surface. On the outer surface, some of the glaze is very faded, especially on the base.
Technique/Style Late kylix style
Provenance
Period
Date 525-500
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0465.jpg		Front view of a Boeotian Kylix style tumbler.

2002.97.0466.jpg		Bottom view of a Boeotian Kylix style tumbler, showing the two holes in the base.

2002.97.0467.jpg		Top view of a Boeotian Kylix style tumbler, showing the interior and the mouth.

2003.14.0002.jpg		A Boeotian two-handled kylix (27.4.6) and a Boeotian 'tumbler' (27.4.3).

2003.14.0095.jpg		Inverted tumbler-shaped vase. Decoration on black in thin powdery white.

2003.58.0005.jpg		A tumbler-shaped vase. Decoration on black in thin powdery white.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 15.7
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 7.9
Diameters Mouth. 11.5; base 5.2
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location History - Excavation shed (middle shelf)
Edited_by Georgina; Karen
Date_edited 02.09.2002; 05.04.2004
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