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Skyphos
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2024) |
| Skyphos | |
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 Emperor Tiberius's triumph. Silver skyphos with repoussé decoration, late 1st century BC–early 1st century AD. From the villa della Pisanella at Boscoreale, 1895. Below: Attic skyphos depicting a hoplite, c. 490–480 BC | |
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| Material | Ceramic, glass, precious metals |
| Created | Multiple cultures, originating predominantly in Greece and exported. |
| Period/culture | A vaseform of the Iron Age |
| Place | Circum-Mediterranean |
A skyphos (Ancient Greek: σκύφος; pl.: skyphoi) is a two-handled deep wine-cup on a low flanged base or none. The handles may be horizontal ear-shaped thumbholds that project from the rim (in both Corinthian and Athenian shapes), or they may be loop handles at the rim or that stand away from the lower part of the body. Skyphoi of the type called glaux (owl) have one horizontal and one vertical thumbhold handle.
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