kantharos

Blackware Athenian kantharos (drinking cup). Gritty black paint covers the surface of the vessel, and also the interior of the foot. Two vertical handles with spurs join the lip to belly. It is an angular vessel, made in one piece, with a long neck and slightly outturned angular lip. There is an angular join of foot to the curved body. It has a pedestal foot in two degrees, with a conical, hollow interior. There is dull black paint on upper part of the vessel, and the lower part of the vessel is more shiny.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn9309
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 113 mm x 140 mm x 81 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
clay; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Archaeology
LOCATION
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