cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/51.1.4
| Accession_Number | 51.1.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Shape | Plate | ||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Slightly everted lip with rounded rim, on a deep plate that is convex at the upper part and then curves, with a near carination to become concave in the lower part, on a flat base that is beveled on the outer part. A single suspension hole is on the lip. | ||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Boeotian | ||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 5YR 6/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Exterior reserved. Interior glazed black except for a reserved band below the rim, and a figural tondo, decorated with a black silhouette siren, profile to right, with rows of black dots surrounding her wings and emerging behind her right leg. The figural design is surrounded by a band of vertical bars enclosed by two horizontal rings. | ||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Intact and complete. Surface slightly scratched, especially around rim and on the siren's left wing, with some yellowish-white deposits above the siren. Small scratches over surface, especially around the rim, with adhesive on the underside. | ||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black figure; cutting marks on the resting surface. | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | High Archaic / Late Archaic | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 525-500 | ||||||||||||||
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| Bibliography | Ure, BICS 6 (1959) p.3, pl.III fig.5 a,b; Jones 1987, 633, table 8.2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 13.9; base 5.2 (max.), 3.8 (min.) | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | Myth and religion | ||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Georgina; Kinsey; Teifi; Amy | ||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 15/07/02; 11.01.2006; 02.08.2006; 11.08.2011 |
