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BEAKERS Beakers are tall cylindrical drinking or measuring vessels. They usually do not have a foot but rather a flat or rounded bottom. Some beakers have vestigial handles that serve no practical function. Beakers are rarely decorated or painted.
BLACK FIGURE The black figure style of ancient Greek pottery is characterized (as it name implies) by black silhouetted figures on the red background of the vessel. The figures often have incised outlines. The technique of attaining the black figure was to paint with a slip the desired figure directly onto the pot. The firing required three stages: 1) the oxidizing stage in which air is let into the kiln, turning the whole pot the color of the clay; 2) the reduction stage in which green wood is added to the fire and the air supply reduced, turning the pot black; and 3) the final stage in which air is re-introduced into the kiln, turning the vessel back to its original color, except for the painted parts which retain their black color.
Page 1 and 2: THE TEXAS FOUNDATION FOR ARCHAEOLOG
Page 3 and 4: POTTERY PROFILE AND TERMINOLOGY Aft
Page 5 and 6: AMPHORA ( An amphora is a two handl
Page 7 and 8: AMPULLA An ampulla, as it name impl
Page 9: ASKOS () In Homer the word refers
Page 13 and 14: COOKING POTS / COARSE WARE / CHYTRA
Page 15 and 16: GRAFFITO The term graffito (plural:
Page 17 and 18: HYDRIA () As its name implies, the
Page 19 and 20: KANTHAROS () The kantharos is a win
Page 21 and 22: KYLIX () A kylix is a drinking cup.
Page 23 and 24: LEKYTHOS () The lekythos is a small
Page 25 and 26: MOLD-MADE POTTERY Instead of being
Page 27 and 28: OIL LAMP () The oil lamp was the ch
Page 29 and 30: OLPE () An olpe is a small pitcher
Page 31 and 32: PITHOS () A pithos is a very large
Page 33 and 34: PYXIS () The term “pyxis” comes
Page 35 and 36: RHYTON ( A rhyton is a drinking cup
Page 37 and 38: SKYPHOS () A skyphos is a deep drin
Page 39 and 40: STRAINER There are many vessels tha
Page 41: WEST SLOPE DECORATION “West Slope

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