Black-Glaze Kylix, Cup

1922.01.0240

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Artifact Identification Black-Glaze Kylix, Cup   (1922.01.0240)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Drinking Vessels
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Hellenistic, 210 - 190 BC
Culture Greek - Italic

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 21.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 15.3 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 4.9 cm
Weight 183 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Painting, Incising
Munsell Color Information Black (N 2/ 3.1% R) -Main color. Brownish Pink (5YR 7/2) -Cracked and chipped area. Grayish Yellow (2.5Y 7/4) -Glue.

Research Remarks

Published Description

ITALIC BLACK-GLAZE CUP Shape and Ornament - Convex body, round handles with upturned tops, low foot. Interior of foot reserved with three glazed concentric circles. On interior, incised slashes in seven concentric bands around ten stamped palmettes with concentric grooves in center. Dimensions and Condition - H. 0.053 m.; w. with handles 0.244 m.; d. body 0.158m.; d. foot 0.066 m. Tan clay, glossy black glaze. Repaired from many fragments. Campanian. Late third to early second centuries B.C. --Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 63, 9.

Description N/A
Comparanda

See Morel, Ceramique a vernis noir du Forum Romain et du Palatin, 1965. P. 95 , no. 187 (inv. 1166), pl. 51.

Bibliography

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 55, Plate 63, 9.

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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