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Accession_Number

70.3.3

Shape

Kotyle

Shape_description

Ian McPhee describes it as a Kotyle rather than Skyphos type c (?). Tapering ring base, rounded at the bottom, from which the body rises in a sharp diagonal, curving sharply approximately at the halfway point, from which it rises near vertically and eventually flares slightly to a plain, rounded rim, just below which are attached two horse-shoe shaped handles, almost round in cross section.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian or Lucanian

Fabric_description

Pale, greenish clay

Munsell_color

2.5Y 7/2

Decoration

Applied red wash except lower body, foot and base, which are reserved. Black glaze is applied to the interior in a swirl and the rim is also black. Handles and large semicircular spaces under each handle were also treated with black glaze. Both sides depict an owl flanked by olive sprays.

Inscriptions

Condition

Half of one handle broken and missing. Decoration worn (and missing entirely in patches where a ghost can be seen). Whitish gray deposits on interior and on preserved handle, as well as around the base (at join with body and on underside).

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.97.0347.jpg	Back view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing an owl.
2003.97.0348.jpg	Front view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing an owl.
2003.97.0349.jpg	Top view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing handles and interior.
2003.97.0350.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing the reserved base.
2004.95.0079.jpg	Top view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing handles and interior.
2004.95.0080.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing the reserved base.
2005.88.0044.jpg
2008.98.0443.jpg	Oblique view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing the decoration with owls on the outside.
2008.98.0444.jpg	Front view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing an owl.
2008.98.0445.jpg	Side view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing one handle.
2008.98.0446.jpg	Side view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing an owl.
2008.98.0447.jpg	Side view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing a damaged handle.
2008.98.0448.jpg	Top view of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing handles and interior decoration.
2008.98.0449.jpg	Upwards view from above of a red-figure Apulian or Lucanian kotyle, showing an owl.
2019.99.0018.jpg	Oblique view of an South Italian kotyle, showing a part of the interior and the decoration with owls on the outside.
2019.99.0019.jpg	Front view of a South Italian red-figure kotyle, showing an owl between olive sprays.
2019.99.0020.jpg	Side view of a South Italian red-figure kotyle, showing one handle.
2019.99.0021.jpg	Back view of a South Italian red-figured kotyle, showing an owl.
2019.99.0022.jpg	Side view of a South Italian red-figured kotyle, showing a damaged handle.