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Title
Krater
Contributor
Hills, Miss Agnes
Turner, Mrs. Edna
Publication Information
Claremont Graduate University. Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Antiquities of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity
Rights Information
Physical rights are retained by the institution. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws.
Description
A clay krater with an inverted pyriform body, trumpet or ogee base, wide cylindrical neck with flaring horizontal rim, and two handles from rim to shoulder in fair condition with base broken and paint worn. It is decorated with brown paint, band around inside of base, wide band around outside of base, three narrow bands just above this, two wide bands at mid-section with four narrow bands between them, six sets of four concentric circles above this, another wide band with two sets of four concentric circles above it and another band above them, rim and edge of handles painted, horizontal lines down back of handles, and vertical lines on either of each handle on the body.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
aot00060
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/aot/id/655
Subject
Cyprus-Antiquities
Kraters
Pottery
Clay
Slip (clay)
Patterns (design elements)
Geometric patterns
Circles (plane figures)
Buff (color)
Concentric
Place
Cyprus
Source
Krater; clay, fine, buff, with grey flecks, soft; height, 15.5 cm., diameter 12.4 cm.
Relation
Antiquities of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/aot

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