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Accession_Number 34.10.7
Shape Stamnos-pyxis
Shape_description Inslanting rim, with plain round lip, that curves into an ovoid body on a tall foot ring, with slanting interior and exterior walls, the latter curving to a flat resting surface, with flat underside. Two u-shaped handles, round in section, rise at a diagonal from the bottom of the shoulder to high above the rim.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/4
Decoration Black-glazed lip and rim (only ca. 0.2 cm on interior); orange band above the handles; between the handles, on either side, a bay wreath. Around the body, below handles: two thin orange lines on either side of a broad black bands; another broad black band lower on body; otherwise reserved. Handle zones reserved but tops of handles glazed black-glaze.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete and intact, but surface worn and dulled, with some scratches and losses to glaze. Underside shows a deep groove (probably misfiring), with white deposits; brown patches on underside.
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance
Period High Archaic / Late Archaic
Date 525-500
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a Boeotian black-figure stamos pyxis, showing rays on shoulder and dipped black handles.

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Top view of a Boeotian black-figure stamos pyxis, showing the mouth and tops of handles.

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Oblique view, from above, of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Profile view of the front of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Profile view of the side of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Profile view of the back of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Profile view of the side of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Top view of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis.

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Bottom view of a Boeotian stamnos-pyxis with banded decoration.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 10.5
Diameters Rim 5.9, body 10.7; foot 6.2
Handle_height 2.9
Other_dims. H. excl. handles 9.2; W. across handles 11.6.
Location History - Excavation shed (middle shelf)
Edited_by Georgina; Teifi; Amy
Date_edited 08.08.2002; 04.09.2006; 16.08.2011
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