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| Obverse : within a circle of dots, Virgin Mary seated, wearing pearled nimbus, and holding Christ child (?); inscribed.
Reverse : inscription.
Cf. Laurent (1963), Le corpus des Sceaux de l' Empire Byzantin, ... 27 February 1934 ... In loan to Thebes until 2017. Loan extended for 5 more years. |
Ring foot; flaring rim forming a continuous curve with the wall. Two horizontal bell handles. Reserved: underside (center missing) and handle-panels. Added red: traces of one or more lines on the outside ... Ca. 550 B.C ... For a version in black-figure, see Thebes, from Rhitsona (Gr. 31. 187): Ἐφ., 1912, p. 109, fig. 2 and pl. 6, 2; Ure, Sixth, pl. 9. |
Outer face of foot torus. Stem short and thick with groove round it. Slightly thickened rim with incised groove below it. Reserved: groove on stem, outer edge of foot, resting surface and center of stem ... Ca. 500 B.C ... A similar groove round the rim is found on an example in Thebes, from Rhitsona, Grave 102.51: Ure, Sixth, pl. 12; it has, however, a reserved disc in the center of the floor, decorated with circle and dot, a detail it shares with Athens, Kerameikos 36 HTR 55. |
Disc foot; concave lip. Reserved: underside with band, circle and dot; junction of wall and foot, handle-panels. Added red: a line at the junction of wall and lip, both inside and out, and a small circle ... 500-480 B.C ... Amsterdam inv. 3337, from Thebes: CVA 2(2) pl. 3(85) 4.
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