kylix

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Object Type
Description: Lip sherd of Laconian black-figured pottery kylix; white slip; interior: rising tongue pattern below rim, some with traces of added red; exterior: two narrow black bands with traces of red above triple pomegranate pattern frieze with red dots on the fruit.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Laconian (III); Archaic Greek
Production date: 575BC-570BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Laconia
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sanctuary of the Dioskouroi (Naukratis)
Materials
Technique: painted; slipped
Dimensions: Height: 3.60 centimetres; Width: 6.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: The sherd belongs to the same vase as Oxford AN1896-1908-G.133.8, Cambridge Fitzwilliam GR.4.1894 and Reading 26.2.82.
Bibliographic references: Fairbanks 1928 / Early Vases preceding Athenian Black Figure Ware (p. 124, no. 348, pl. XXXVII); Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC (p. 549, no. E 7); Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GC.58) (phase 3)
Location: Not on display
Previous owner
Department: External
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 88.1076 (Accession Number); Miscellaneous number: P.6011 (Pottery & Porcelain Ledger No.); Miscellaneous number: RES.87.288 (Accession Number)

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