| Accession_Number | 34.10.10 | ||||||||
| Shape | Mug | ||||||||
| Shape_description | Gill's 'Pheidias shape'. Wide mouth with a flat rim. The handle is in two pieces branching out sideways along the rim at the top. Base is flat. | ||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||
| Fabric | Attic | ||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 6/4 | ||||||||
| Decoration | Around the base of the neck is a string of tiny round impressions. Below handle are twenty-one stamped eggs arranged in an inverted triangle. Body is ribbed vertically. Moulded groove around foot. Object is black all over, although top half of body is lighter, almost brown. | ||||||||
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| Condition | Intact. White, gritty deposits inside the object. Lustre has worn away on mouth and top half of body. Small chips out of rim. Small scratches on base. | ||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze; stamped | ||||||||
| Provenance | |||||||||
| Period | Classical | ||||||||
| Date | 475-425 | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 35.2; Agora 12, 74; Gill 1986, 356, F106 | ||||||||
| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||||||
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| Height | 5.5 | ||||||||
| Diameters | 5.5 | ||||||||
| Handle_height | 2.5 | ||||||||
| Other_dims. | Mouth 5.1; base 3.9 | ||||||||
| Location | Excavation shed top.1 | ||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Karen; Kinsey; Jayne | ||||||||
| Date_edited | 23.08.2002; 21.04.2004; 18.01.2006; 03.08.22 |
