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Accession_Number 38.4.1
Shape Kantharos
Shape_description Two high handles, one on each side; moulded ridge at base of design; thin foot is black on the underside which is conical.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/6
Decoration Black glaze except for added white decoration: (A) a bearded man running profile to the rightright but with his head turned back, cloak over his arm; (B) a man standing profile to the right, wearing a himation and holding a wreath. Wavy lines and spray of leaves on each side of figures.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact; lopsided; worn decoration around handles; white faded.
Technique/Style Black glaze; added white
Provenance
Period Late Archaic
Date 500
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.29.0002.jpg		Details of Kantharos. Foot and detail of body decoration, showing bearded man running to right with coak over his arm.

2003.29.0008.jpg		Kantharos, side view. Detail, showing standing figure in a himation facing right and holding a wreath.

2003.29.0093.jpg		Kantharos, front view.

2003.29.0098.jpg		Kantharos, front view.

2004.75.0001.jpg		Front view of a Coeotian kantharos, showing a man standing profile to the right (side B).

2004.75.0002.jpg		Front view of a Coeotian kantharos, showing a bearded man running profile to the right (side A).
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 33.5
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 11.8
Diameters Rim 8.6; base 4.8
Handle_height 7.3
Other_dims.
Location History grave
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Amy; Kinsey
Date_edited 16.09.2002; 21.04.2004; 18.01.2005; 18.01.2006
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