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Sicilian Black-Glaze Skyphos - 1966.02

Acquisition number: 1966.02

Both handles have been broken away and rejoined. Pinkish buff clay. Ring foot. Red-brown paint almost entirely worn away. Both inside and outside were originally painted but for a reserved band on the lower wall. The underside was also painted.

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Title: Sicilian Black-Glaze Skyphos - 1966.02

Acquisition number: 1966.02

Author or editor: J.R. Green

Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.

Date: Second half 5th century BC.

Material: Clay - Terracotta

Object type: Vessels - Cup/mug

Dimensions: 92mm (w) × 65mm (h)

Origin region or location: Italy

Origin city: Possibly Gela.

Display case or on loan: 10

Keywords: Sicilian, Black Glaze, Gela, Woite Collection

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 73.

1966.02

Sicilian Black-Glaze Skyphos

From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht 6.5cm; diam. 9.2cm.

Both handles have been broken away and rejoined. Pinkish buff clay. Ring foot. Red-brown paint almost entirely worn away. Both inside and outside were originally painted but for a reserved band on the lower wall. The underside was also painted.

Probably second half of the fifth century BC.

See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 73.

In 1966, the ANU acquired a collection of 35 pieces of pottery, apparently from Sicily, especially the Gela area. The collection came from Mr L Woite of Canberra. Woite also donated material to two other Australian Universities - the University of Queensland and the University of New England. A joint research project about this collection and it's provenance is currently underway.