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Accession_Number 47.7.3
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Inside, embedded in earth is a small, unpainted jug.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Campanian
Fabric_description Clay pale buff.
Munsell_color
Decoration Outer rim has round pattern. Beneath each handle, palmette with side tendrils. A: Woman's head in hankerchief with hair out the back. B: Woman's head uncovered. Around foot is a broad black band then a reserved zone with a thin black band in the middle. Base is black and depressed in centre.
Inscriptions
Condition One handle missing. Heavy deposits inside holding jug which appears to be intact. Paint in good condition.
Technique/Style Red figure
Provenance Allegedly found in field near Bletchley
Period
Date 350-300
Dating_details
Artist Cassandra-Parrish Workshop; Copenhagen Lekanis Group; Painter of Naples 128012
Attribution Trendall suggests this is 'closely associated in style with the Copenhagen Lekanis Group but related by the decorative patterns to the 'Painter of Naples 128012': LCS 292.482
Image

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Skyphos, side view, showing remaining handle and palmette.

2003.26.0008.jpg
Skyphos, side view. Shows female head, covered in a kerchief, facing left.

2003.26.0010.jpg
Skyphos, side view, showing an uncovered female head facing left.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 29.3; LCS 292.482
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 9.0
Diameters Rim 8.9; base 4.7
Handle_height 1.7
Other_dims.
Location Greece
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Kinsey
Date_edited 24.07.2002; 20.04.2004; 09.01.2006
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