| Accession_Number | REDMG:1964.1154.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Bell krater | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Outturned rounded rim , narrowing to a nearly cylindrical body (broadens slightly below) that narrows sharply to a short, nearly cylindrical stem, attached to a pedestal foot, hollow within, slightly angled on the upper surface, nearly vertical on the sides, flaring to a slighted everted base, with a rounded resting surface | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Perhaps Apulian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 7.5YR 5/4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | The interior and the rim are coated with a black glaze. On the exterior of the lip, a band of vertical bars, interrupted in each handle zone, where the surface is reserved. Each handle is glazed black on the exterior; under each handle is a palmette with 13 leaves (14 on right side), outlined, with a dotted hemicircle at its heart. Each palmette is flanked by a tendril from which emerges a lotus blossom. On each side a female head, profile to left: stephanai with 6 white spikes, grape-cluster earring, beaded necklace; kekryphylon. The woman on A has a Roman nose; on B has a ski-jump nose. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Added white inscribes tendrils, highlights the edge of the lotus blossoms, and for figural details: stephanai, jewelry, and hair ornament. | ||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Red figure | ||||||||||||||||
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| Period | Late Classical | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 400-375 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Reading 35.4.5 and Reading 53.8.4 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 18.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 17.2, base 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | H. base 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 6.1.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Amy; Jasmin Payne; Jayne | ||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 17.10.2004; 18.10.2010; 04.09.2018; 15.6.22 |
