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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1703.1
Shape Lacrymaterion
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Cypriote
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 4/4
Decoration Deep red colour inside and out and a black slip. Outward curving rim and a long neck. Two incised bands around shoulder. Body tapers to foot which then flares out to flat base. Object does not stand straight due to uneven base.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. Some chips to body and rim but only very slight. Some pit holes on the body. Some wheel marks on bottom of foot. Very good condition.
Technique/Style Red ware Wheelmade
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0161.jpg
Side view (upside-down) of a Cypriot red-ware lacrymaterion.

2008.99.0229.jpg
Side view (horizontal) of a Cypriot red-ware lacrymaterion.

2008.99.0230.jpg
Top view of a Cypriot red-ware lacrymaterion, showing the mouth.

2008.99.0231.jpg
View of the base of a Cypriot red-ware lacrymaterion.

2008.99.0232.jpg
Oblique side view from above of a Cypriot red-ware lacrymaterion, showing the mouth.
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Beazley_DB
Height 10.8
Diameters Mouth 2.4; neck 1.4; body 4.1; stem 1.5; base 2.0
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 5.2.2
Edited_by Denise; Marianne; Joana Varela
Date_edited 13.08.2002; 08.06.2007; 05.04.2017
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