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Xenon Kantharos, Cup

Xenon Kantharos, Cup

1922.01.0147

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Xenon Kantharos, Cup (1922.01.0147)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Materials T&E : Food Service T&E : Drinking Vessels
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Europe, West : Italy : Ruvo di Puglia ; Apulia Region
Period/Date	Classical, 400–375 BCE.
Culture	South Italian Greek, Apulian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width)	15.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Height)	12.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	12.7 cm
Weight	317 g
Measuring Remarks	None
Materials	Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes	Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing
Munsell Color Information	Black (N 2.75/) -ns Brownish Orange ( 2.5 YR 5/8) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description	APULIAN XENON SESSILE KANTHAROS Shape and Ornament: Bell-shaped body, strap handle, narrow disk foot. Six concentric incised circles on interior. A. From top to bottom: vertical slashes; double lines; tendrils and triangles; zigzag; double line. B, Vertical slashes, horizontal zigzag, vertical zigzag, all separated by double lines. Edge of foot grooved. Accessory Colors: red: all decoration. From Ruvo di Puglia. Tentatively attributed by J.R. Green (in a letter dated 8/14/79). About first quarter of the fourth century B.C. --Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 60, 6-7.
Description	N/A
Comparanda	Royal Ontario Museum 925.28.3 and 923.13.96 (Hayes, Greek and Italian Black-gloss Wares and Related Wares in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1984. P. 115, figs. 195-196)
Bibliography	Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 49, Plate 60, 6-7.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data	N/A
Credit Line/Dedication	University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction	No
Reproduction Information	N/A

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