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Castulo cup - Kylix

-425/-400

Conjunto Arqueológico de Cástulo

Conjunto Arqueológico de Cástulo
Linares (Jaén), Spain

Studies on Greek ceramics include a drinking vessel, a flat cup with two horizontal handles, known as "Castulo cup" because here found numerous examples.

These cups were manufactured in the Athens region in the second half of the V century B.C., and have a characteristic shape and black varnish.

Greeks called 'kylix" to this cup, root from which comes our word "chalice ". Ceramic is smooth to the touch and that appears especially in the tombs.

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  • Title: Castulo cup - Kylix
  • Date Created: -425/-400
  • Physical Location: Archaeological Museum of Linares
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 4.6 cm Mouth diameter: 16 cm Thickness: 0.4 cm Weight: 0.34 kg
  • Provenance: Los Patos necropolis
  • Medium: Pottery
Conjunto Arqueológico de Cástulo

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