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Kantharos.

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Slightly everted rim; globular body; vertical, raised band handles from rim to mid-body; ring base. Fine, buff clay; matt, dark brown and red paint. Four dark brown triangles and band on interior of rim; three groups of horizontal, dark brown lines on exterior of handles; body divided into two panels by brown, double vertical lines: on both sides alternating brown and red bands, reserved space between two bands filled with vertical strokes; lower panels reserved.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Kantharos.
Description:
Slightly everted rim; globular body; vertical, raised band handles from rim to mid-body; ring base.
Fine, buff clay; matt, dark brown and red paint.
Four dark brown triangles and band on interior of rim; three groups of horizontal, dark brown lines on exterior of handles; body divided into two panels by brown, double vertical lines: on both sides alternating brown and red bands, reserved space between two bands filled with vertical strokes; lower panels reserved.

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