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Accession_Number 74.7.3
Shape Bowl; one-handler
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Sicilian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 7/5
Decoration Hemispherical cup with horizontal strap handle with a single groove, attached just below flat lip; ring base. Entirely covered with black glaze.
Inscriptions
Condition Small chip on rim, where gloss is worn; Good quality black gloss; Gloss flaked off rim and around the ring of the foot; white deposits on inside and on handle. Red misfired line around the ring of the foot probably caused during the firing in the kiln.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period
Date 425-350
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2002.97.0555.jpg
Oblique view, from slightly above, of the left side of a black-glazed one-handler.

2002.97.0556.jpg
Bottom view of a black-glazed one-handler, showing the base.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 4.8
Diameters Rim 9.5; base 4.5
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. handle 2.6
Location Excavation shed top 2
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Joana Varela; Jayne
Date_edited 16.07.2003; 05.04.2017; 03.08.2022
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