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Black Slip Cantharos

Two-handled drinking cup (cantharos) in Black Slip ware; wheel-made; biconical body on a flaring ring base; tall cylindrical neck with an everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; body decorated with vertical ridges; made of sandy buff clay covered with a black slip; base and rim chipped, surface worn in many places. Dimensions: Height: 14 centimetres Object Type: cup Ware: Black Slip Ware Series: Black Slip I (?); Black Slip II (?) Techniques: wheel-made; slipped

Date

1050 - 900 BC

Accession No.

1894,1101.548

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Amathus