Kantharos, Cup
1922.01.0049
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Kantharos, Cup (1922.01.0049) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | 280 BCE |
| Culture | South Italian Greek, Apulian |
| Location | On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Width) | 13.9 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 13.2 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Diameter) | 12.9 cm |
| Weight | 359 g |
| Measuring Remarks | D1 includes the handles. D3 is the rim diameter. The foot diameter is 5.4 cm. |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Slip |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Painting, |
| Munsell Color Information | waivedBlack (N 2.75/) -ns Brownish Orange ( 2.5 YR 5/8) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | APULIAN GNATHIA KANTHAROS Ribbed body set off at top by a line and below by a groove, ring handles, flaring foot. Palmette around base of each handle. Lower body and top of foot reserved and reddened. On edge of foot, dots and groove. SUBJECT A, above the ribs; a bird between ivy with berries. B, above the ribs: an ivy spray. ACCESSORY COLORS White: top line. Yellow: palmettes, dots and grooves. A, bird B. Attributed to the Alexandria Group by J. R. Green (in a letter dated 8/14/1979). Around 280 B.C.-- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 58, 1-2. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Spurlock Museum 1922.01.0051 L: p. 120. For fragments from similar ribbed kantharoi of the same date and group (named after Alexandria, Egypt, where many have been found), see Bonn 697.50, 697.56 (Green, Gnathia, pp. 12–13, pl. 21b). |
| Bibliography | Green, J. R. [Article], Archäologischer Anzeiger, (1977): 559ff. ______. Gnathia... Bonn. ______. [Article], in: Studies in Honor of A. D. Trendall. 1979. Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 45, plate 58, 1-2. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection, Dedicated by Mr. and Mrs. Dillon Mapother. |
| Reproduction | No |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |