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Accession_Number REDMG:1951.146
Shape Skyphos
Shape_description Plain rim, concave sides, high ring foot; two horizontal round handles, canted slightly up, just below rim.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/3
Decoration Black interior. Exterior: vertical worms, double-row checkerboard between two black bands, red band between two reserved bands, black line, reserved band, black band, rays rising from a red band; reserved line at join with foot; black band around foot. Central black dot and ring on underside; interior of foot black; vertical bars on handles.
Inscriptions
Condition Slightly chipped, especially on base; decoration inside and nearest the top on the outer surface is very worn.
Technique/Style MC
Provenance
Period Archaic
Date 600-550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image
Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.

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Side view of a Corinthian skyphos.

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Top view of the bottom of a Corinthian skyphos.

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Oblique view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing black interior.

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Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing exterior pattern.

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Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing exterior pattern.

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Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing exterior pattern.

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Front view of a Corinthian skyphos, showing exterior pattern.
Comparanda Cf. Corinth T1722: 13 no. 156-3, pl. 20; Corinth 15, pl. 26. Gr. 172-d
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Beazley_DB
Height 4.7
Diameters Rim 7.4, base 4.5
Handle_height 0.4
Other_dims.
Location 5.1.2
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 22.07.2002; 10.12.2003; 14.06.22
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