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Accession_Number 47.2.14
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Shape slightly warped
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration light brown colour. Wide mouth, slightly narrower towards the base, with wide foot and flat resting surface.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. One handle missing, other handle in three pieces and glued back together. One one side three pieces joined together. Small chips around rim and scratches to the surface. Terracotta itself very fine.
Technique/Style Glazed?
Provenance
Period Hellenistic
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique view from above of the front of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing crack in the interior.

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Front view of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing remaining handle.

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Left sede view of a a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing missing handle.

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Back view of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing remaining handle.

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Right side view of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing the front of the remaining handle.

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Over head view of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos, showing handle and interior.

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View of the base of a terracotta Hellenistic skyphos.
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Beazley_DB
Height 7.7
Diameters Mouth 9.1; foot 6.0
Handle_height 3.1
Other_dims.
Location History - Excavation shed (bottom shelf)
Edited_by Faye Cheesman
Date_edited 21.07.2003
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