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Accession_Number

56.8.3

Shape

Skyphos

Shape_description

Deep body tapers sharply towards foot; circular handles curve slightly upwards without reaching the height of the rim; conical footring.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Exterior of handles black, interior reserved. resting surface reserved. Underside of foot reserved apart from black dot at the centre, surrounded by black thin band. Body black apart from handle zone, a reserved band c. 1cm below the main design and a reserved band at the junction of the body with the foot. Handle zone decorated with Protocorinthian black butterfly pattern three times front and back, recesses filled with chevrons. One butterfly recesses with leaves. Interior of the vase black.

Inscriptions

Condition

Large chip on the rim. Glaze flaked off at parts of the interior, on the handles and the rim. Gloss is not lustrous and it is not well applied on the lower part of the body.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0690.jpg	Front view of a Euboean skyphos, showing the triple protocorinthian butterfly pattern.
2002.97.0691.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of a Euboean skyphos, showing the interior and both of the handles.
2002.97.0692.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of a Euboean skyphos, showing the base and part of the design on the body.
2003.93.0324.jpg	Oblique view of a Euboean skyphos, showing the interior and both of the handles.
2003.93.0326.jpg	Oblique view of a Euboean skyphos, showing the interior and both of the handles.
2004.03.0017.jpg	Front view of a Euboean skyphos, showing the geometric designs decorating the body.
2004.03.0018.jpg	Back view of a Euboean skyphos decorated with geometric designs.
2004.03.0019.jpg	Back view of a Euboean skyphos, showing the geometric designs decorating the body.
2005.89.0085.jpg
2013.99.0076.jpg	Top view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the reserved interior and black handles.
2013.99.0077.jpg	Top view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the base with a black dot in the center.
2013.99.0083.jpg	Oblique view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the reserved interior and part of the exterior decoration on the body.
2013.99.0084.jpg	Front view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the protocorinthian black butterfly pattern.
2013.99.0085.jpg	Front view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the protocorinthian black butterfly pattern and one handle.
2013.99.0086.jpg	Front view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the protocorinthian black butterfly pattern.
2013.99.0087.jpg	Front view of an Euboean skyphos, showing the protocorinthian black butterfly pattern and one handle.