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Accession_Number 37.11.4
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Type B, formerly called 'glaux'. One horizontal handle and one vertical, both circular. Handles are attached just below rim which curves inwards.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 7/4
Decoration Black glaze all over except base and narrow resting surface which are ruddled and reserved respectively. Heavy foot ring, black all over. Black central dot and circle on base.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Paint worn on handles. White deposits on outside.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Early Classical
Date 480-450
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique views, from slightly below, of two Attic black-glazed skyphoi, 22.3.6 (left) and 37.11.4 (right).

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Side view, from slightly below, of an Attic black-glazed skyphos.

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Side view, from slightly below, of an Attic black-glazed skyphos.

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Side view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos.

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Oblique side view, from slightly above, of an Attic black-glazed skyphos.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed skyphos, showing the glazed circle on the reserved underside.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 34.5
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 8.3
Diameters Rim 10.2; base 5.3
Handle_height 0.9
Other_dims.
Location Excavation shed top 2
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey; Jayne
Date_edited 30.08.2002; 21.04.2004; 18.01.2006; 03.08.2022
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