Sun cross, Skyphos with geometric painted decoration
Acropolis Museum, Athens, GreeceInventory number: ΝΑ 1957 ΝΑΚ 460
Artist: The Charitonidis Class
Category: Vessel
Period: Late Protogeometric-Early Geometric Period
Date: 920-880 BC
Height: 0.251 m
Rim diameter: 0.25 m
Base diameter: 0.13 m
Material: Clay
Location: Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 1, No 50
Skyphos mended of many fragments and restored. It was found in 1957 at a cemetery located on the south slope of the Acropolis. It comes from Burial XXVIII-M and was deposited as a burial offering along with thirteen more vessels, two iron pins and clay beads, which possibly come from one necklace.
Its conical foot is tall, the body deep and the rim slightly outturned, whereas the handles horizontal. The body is decorated with rhomboids, hatched motif, bands and concentric circles around a cross. Its lowest part is covered in black paint except for the bands around the base which remain in the colour of the clay. Various parts of the pot surface are burnt due to the fire lit during the burial.
Supplementary images:
Skyphos with geometric motifs, dated 920-880 BC
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