Archaeology & Antiquities
Black-Figure Band Skyphos (Drinking Cup): Sirens, Stags, and Panthers
Permanent ExhibitionCeramicsVessel
Details
- Author / creator
- Group of Rhodes 11941 (Greek, Attic)
- Object type
- Archaeology
- Date or period
- c. 540 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Diameter: 22.5 cm; Overall: 13.1 × 29.9 cm; Diameter of foot: 9.7 cm
- Site or findspot
- Attica, Greece
- Cultural period
- Ancient
- Acquisition method
- Bequest
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Professor Arthur Kinsley, 1992
About this object
A siren, a mythological woman-headed bird, stands at the center of the figural band on either side of this cup, her wings spread and head turned to the left. Flanking her are a pair of grazing stags, with a panther on either side facing inward. Inside, the cup is sparsely decorated, its reserved tondo holding a dot within concentric circles.
Materials and technique
Ceramic
