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MME 2017:500 :: kylix

Object description: Kylix of red clay. Semi-spherical body with a flattened base on a narrow, concave stem. Horizontal handles on opposite sides at the rim. The vessel contained fragments of bronze (some gilded) and several terracotta beads, as seen in the separate box.

Data elements
References (1)

Inventory number

MME 2017:500

Previous ID

Strängnäs 1657

Object

kylix

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Geographic name, alternative

Alexandria

Material

Clay; Terracotta; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Keramik

Acquisition

Belongs to the Strängnäs collection that was formed by the objects that an Italian nobleman named Pietro Pugioli, who lived in Alexandria in the 19th century, sent as a present to the Swedish captain C. Emil Göransson in 1880. The collection was kept at the Strängnäs Museum and Library. In 1945 it was donated by Södermanlands Fornminnesförening to Strängnäs Högre Allmänna Läroverk (Strängnäs Gymnasium). The collection was deposited at Medelhavsmuseet in 1993. In 2017 the deposition was changed into a donation since Strängnäs museum closed.

Description

Kylix of red clay. Semi-spherical body with a flattened base on a narrow, concave stem. Horizontal handles on opposite sides at the rim. The vessel contained fragments of bronze (some gilded) and several terracotta beads, as seen in the separate box.

Period

Hellenistic-Roman

Period, Swedish

Hellenistisk tid - Romersk tid (323 f Kr-337 e Kr)

Name - Acquired from

Göransson, C. Emil

Pugioli, Pietro

Description: Pietro Pugioli, born 1831, dead 1902, collector who lived in Alexandra. His collections have been scattered all over the world to museums in New York, Cairo, Bologna and Vienna.

Strängnäs museum

Source - http: www.svt.se

Comments

A kylix (pl. kylikes) is a relatively shallow drinking vessel, typically raised on a stem from a foot and having two horizontal handles disposed symmetrically, although many variants of the shape do exist. Their primary use was for the consumption of wine during symposia and, especially during the Classical Period, many were decorated with scenes of a humorous or sexual nature.

Keyword

pottery; vessel; ceramics

Height / Höjd

4,6 cm

Diameter

10,5 cm

Original register

Egypt

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MME 2017:500 :: kylix

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