kylix

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Object Type
Museum number: 1892,0517.13
Description: Pottery calyx-cup, red clay with a brown slip, polished on the exterior of the body, with a flaring foot, convex lower shaped body and slightly concave sides, marked on the exterior with three ridged bands and an incised chevron pattern, on the exterior, the foot has been broken and partially reconstructed, worn and chipped in places.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 675BC-625BC
Production place: Made in: Faliscan Territory (historic region - Etruria)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Civita Castellana
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 15.10 centimetres; Height: 11.10 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (H94); CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7 (IVBa pl. 5, 4); Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium (p. 260)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1892
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1892,0517.13
Conservation

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