Attic Middle Geometric Skyphos

Date
Ca. 800-750 BC
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
MMA 26.199.286
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Skyphos
Pottery Ware
Attic Middle Geometric
Pottery Attribution
Findspot
Findspot not recorded
Description
Middle Geometric II. Handles missing. Three horizontal bands on the lip. Handle zone reserved: nine vertical lines on each side within the reserved panel; three horizontal bands on the bottom, and in the center, twelve chevrons to right, and a dot on each side. The other side is the same but more badly damaged. Glaze is streaky, partly reddish. About one-third of the body is restored
Dimensions
H. 0.067; diam. of rim 0.115, of base (restored) 0.05
Comments
Cf. Coldstream, GGP 21-28, pls. 4:c and 5:e.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR