Meaning of kotyle | Babel Free

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Synonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).

historical

Examples

“There were many kotylai found in the Limenia sanctuary which were decorated with bird-files (Perachora ii pl. 25); […]”

“During the early history of Metapontion Ionic cups, kotylai and other East Greek shapes (D’Andria [1980] 118; for the production of Ionic cups in Magna Graecia: Guzzo [1978] 123-128), but also shapes based upon local indigenous vase types, came out of the workshops.”

“The black- and red-figure vases that were found are mainly small in size (lekythoi, kylikes, aryballoi, alabastra, kotylae, skyphoi, exaleiptra, and kantharoi), although there are also larger pots (oinochoae, pelikae, hydriae, kraters, and amphoras).”

“At least four Attic black-glazed ovoid kotylai were found in the Drain. […] Attic black-glazed imitations of the Corinthian kotyle had been imported from the first half of the 6th century.”

“Milesians, for example, purchased several thousand bird kotylae and bird bowls in ‘standard fabric’ from Teos during the first half and middle of the seventh century (Graeve 1973-4: 86-7), even though Miletos had her own prolific production of high-quality drinking vessels in the characteristic south-Ionian ‘cup with everted rim’ (the so-called ‘Ionian cup’) (e.g. Kalaitzoglou 2008: 67-92, pls 5-16; Schlotzhauer 2000; 2012: 45-8, pls 9-13).”

“Greek imports present in the Levant during the Geometric period include open drinking vessels, especially the PSC skyphos but also kotylae and kraters, sourced from Euboea, Attica, and the Cyclades.”

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