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Re-interpreting the Robinson Skyphos
Re-interpreting the Robinson Skyphos

Author(s): John D. Muccigrosso
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Studia Humaniora Tartuensia
Keywords: Greek; archaeology; ceramics

Summary/Abstract: The scene on the Robinson skyphos was wrongly identified for years as a depiction of clay‐working, either in a kiln or other preparation area. Recent scholarship has correctly identified it instead as one related to the grain harvest. This article presents a new examination of the scene, pointing out details the importance of which had not previously been noted. It also brings to bear comparanda from Egyptian art which put the identification of the scene beyond doubt.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 1-15
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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