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Geometric Kantharos (Drinking Cup)

Geometric Kantharos (Drinking Cup)

Culture: Greek

Date: 8th century BC
Medium: terracotta with black slip
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1939.353.1
This item was unearthed in the 1920s or 30s at the excavations of the Kerameikos Cemetery in Athens, Greece. The digs were financed, in part, by Gustav Oberlaender, a German-American industrialist and one of The Museum's early supporters.  The museum in Athens dedicated to finds from the Kerameikos Cemetery was named for Oberlaender in 1937.
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