| Accession_Number | REDMG:1958.117.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Shape | Kantharos | ||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Rounded, slightly incurving rim, which which rise (at slight angles) two high swung strap handles, rejoined at the bottom of the bowl in a continuous curve with the bottom of the bowl; between the handles, the bottom of the bowl is set off from the side walls. A flaring, broad ring foot is convex on the interior; the underside of the bowl is slightly convex. On the interior, the bottom of the bowl is offset from the side walls at a sharp carination. | ||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Etruscan | ||||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Bucchero (dark charcoal grey) | ||||||||||||||
| Munsell_color | GLEY1 2.5/N | ||||||||||||||
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| Condition | 18 rejoined fragments comprising 90% of the original object, with some painted plaster sections, now chipped. Sheen on surface has eroded, especially on the inside of one handle; scratched elsewhere. | ||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Bucchero | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | Archaic | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 6 c. | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 11.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 11.8, foot 6.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 10.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | H. to rim 6.2; W. handles ranges from 1.8 to 3.1; H. foot 0.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Reading Museum loan boxes | ||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Amy; Jayne | ||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 27.08.2004; 19.10.2021 |
