Skyphos

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1961 ΝΑΚ 198

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Geometric Period

Date

800-760 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.072 m
Rim diameter: 0.107 m
Base diameter: 0.058 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 69

Description
Bibliography

Almost intact skyphos found in 1961 during the excavation of the Angelopoulos plot. It comes from Burial 3 and was deposited as a burial offering together with eight more intact pots and other vessels’ fragments.

Its base is ring-shaped, the body hemispherical, the rim vertical and the handles horizontal. The inside is covered in brown-black paint except for three bands around the rim which remain in clay colour. The outside decorate geometric and floral motifs (meander, dots, horizontal bands and rosettes). The lowest part of the pot is covered in brown-red paint.

Δοντάς, Γ., «Ανασκαφή Οικοπέδου Αγγελοπούλου», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 17, Μέρος Α' - Μελέται, 1961/62, σελ. 91, πίν. 34α, αρ. κατ. ζ
Coldstream, J.N., Greek Geometric Pottery. A Survey of Ten Styles and their Chronology. Updated second edition, United Kingdom, 2008, σελ. 22