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Accession_Number

54.8.1

Shape

Tankard

Shape_description

or 'Mug'? Slender body, vertical straple handle extending from the rim to the bottom of the body. Flat base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Inside has a ribbed texture and is reserved apart from thin bands around rim with vertical bars overlapping the rim. Single ribbon handle which is unevenly bent, has horizontal lines down back and is reserved underneath. Procession of seven mourning women, in profile all facing right, framed by wavy lines, with two bands above and below and three vertical lines at right and left of panel. In front of the sevnth woman there ae three loop patterns, with dots. The women are wearing long garments, have long hair and ftech one arm over their head, as a mourning gesture. Face drawn in outline. No use of incision for any details. Below 'SSSS' pattern, then horizontal lines. Moulded ridge and groove below around foot. Base is flat and reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Piece missing from lip and restored with plaster. Some flakes of the surface are missing resulting in exposing the clay and leaving an uneven surface. Hole in bottom of cup. Black faded or fired to light brown in places. Scratches on the underside.

Technique/Style

Early Protoattic / Middle Protoattic

Provenance

Period

Early Archaic

Date

675

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0209.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing reserved base with piece missing.
2003.92.0210.jpg	Top view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing top of handle with horizontal line decoration, and interior.
2003.92.0211.jpg	Back view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing horizontal line decoration on handle.
2003.92.0212.jpg	Side view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing procession of mourning women, facing right, with 'SSSS' pattern in background.
2003.92.0213.jpg	Front view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing procession of mourning women, facing right, with 'SSSS' pattern in background.
2003.92.0214.jpg	Side view of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing procession of mourning women, facing right, with 'SSSS' pattern in background.
2003.92.0215.jpg	Oblique view, from the top, of an Attic tankard (or mug), showing part of interior handle.
2008.98.0349.jpg	Oblique top view of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women.
2008.98.0350.jpg	Profile view of the left side of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing the handle, to left.
2008.98.0351.jpg	Profile view of the back of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing the handle.
2008.98.0352.jpg	Profile view of the right side of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing the handle, to right.
2008.98.0353.jpg	Profile view of the front of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women.
2008.98.0354.jpg	Bottom view of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing a hole in the reserved base.
2008.98.0355.jpg	Bottom view of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing a hole in the reserved base.
2008.98.0356.jpg	Top view of a Protogeometric tankard, decorated with mourning women, showing the mouth and top of handle, and a hole in the base.