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Accession_Number 73.9.6
Shape Cup
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Boeotian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration A small fragment with possible figure of bird (front part and head missing) and above this, a circle design with a dot in the centre. The back of the fragment is covered in black glaze.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment. The front of the fragment has a few small scratches in it, as well as a patch of pinky/grey deposit at the top of the figure. To the right of the figure, the fragment has split in half, so only the back half remains. The back of the fragment has small scratches and a couple of chips in the surface of the glaze.
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance From Rhitsona, Boeotia (from the bushes)
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0193.jpg
Top view of the exterior of small fragment, showing pattern.

2002.97.0194.jpg
Inside surface of small fragment, pianted black.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height H.(circle as top) 2.7
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. L.(circle as top) 3.4; Diagonal L. 4.1
Location 9
Edited_by Georgina
Date_edited 22/07/02
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