skyphos

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Object Type
Museum number: 1893,0303.1
Description: Pottery: black-figured skyphos decorated with the loom of Circe, who is shown with Odysseus and one of his sailors, changed to an animal. Inscribed `KIRKA'.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 450BC-420BC
Production place: Made in: Boeotia
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Cabeirion Sanctuary (Thebes) (said to be from)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Diameter: 19.05 centimetres; Height: 19.05 centimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G69/dc5)
Exhibition history: 2012, Jul-Nov, London, BM, 'Shakespeare: Staging the World' 2014-15 Sept- Jan, London, BM, London, 'Witches and Wicked Bodies'
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Circe; Representation of: Odysseus/Ulysses
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1893
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1893,0303.1
Conservation: Treatment: 11 Dec 1995; Treatment: 08 Jun 2011; Treatment: 18 Dec 1995; Treatment: 06 May 1994; Treatment: 21/06/19

Free entry