Miniature skyphos

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΚ 135

Category

Vessel

Period

Classical Period

Date

5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.03 m
Rim diameter: 0.05 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 120

Description
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Miniature skyphos mended from many fragments. It was found in 1956 on the Acropolis south slope in a pit that contained many more similar miniature pots and lamps, possibly used during the enactment of a foundation ritual.

It has a ring-foot, the body is rounded with thick rim and the horizontal handles are long and incurving. It is decorated in the black-figure technique and belongs to The Lindos Group. Traces of a band rendered in black against a light-coloured slip are preserved in the zone between the handles. The rest of the pot is covered with black glazing.

Παπαδοπούλου-Κανελλοπούλου, Χ., «Ανασκαφή "Νοτίως Ακροπόλεως". Μελανόμορφη κεραμεική», Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 27 (1972), 1973, σελ. 226