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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Archaic
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Laconian
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
diameter 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of The American Society for the Exploration of Sardis, 1914
Accession Number: 14.30.26
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