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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.76
Shape Saltcellar
Shape_description Shallow bowl with incurved rim; raised base, with grooved resting surface.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 7/4
Decoration Black glaze except reserved at join of body and foot.
Inscriptions
Condition Glaze worn, particularly on interior.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Early Classical
Date 480-450
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Side view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar.

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Side view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar.

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Side view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar.

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Top view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar, showing the interior.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar, showing the underside.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar.

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Side view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar, showing its profile.

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Oblique view, from slightly above, of the underside of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar.

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Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed saltcellar, showing the underside.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 2.6
Diameters Rim (interior) 5.2, 6.7, base 4.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Symposium
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Kinsey
Date_edited 22.08.2002; 02.10.2004; 10.01.2006
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