Skyphos

Museum number:
8-891
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Accession number:
Acc.8
Object count:
1
Description:
Attic black-figure mastoid, with handles; put together from several fragments, parts of both handles missing, fragment missing from rim and from body; A and B, Peleus and Thetis with three other figures; leafless vines; at each handle, ivy leaf.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Arthur L. Frothingham
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Peleus (Greek hero) and Thetis (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Skyphoi
Accession date:
February 4, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-891, described as Attic black-figure mastoid, with handles; put together from several fragments, parts of both handles missing, fragment missing from rim and from body; A and B, Peleus and Thetis with three other figures; leafless vines; at each handle, ivy leaf.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-891, described as Attic black-figure mastoid, with handles; put together from several fragments, parts of both handles missing, fragment missing from rim and from body; A and B, Peleus and Thetis with three other figures; leafless vines; at each handle, ivy leaf.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-891, described as Attic black-figure mastoid, with handles; put together from several fragments, parts of both handles missing, fragment missing from rim and from body; A and B, Peleus and Thetis with three other figures; leafless vines; at each handle, ivy leaf.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skyphos, accession number 8-891, described as Attic black-figure mastoid, with handles; put together from several fragments, parts of both handles missing, fragment missing from rim and from body; A and B, Peleus and Thetis with three other figures; leafless vines; at each handle, ivy leaf.

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