Kylix. Pale earthenware, interior and exterior decorated with broad bands of brick red slip. Horizontal loop handles at each "end." Flared base. Rectangular white gummed seal below base of vessel: "P 211-1 Magna Graecia, 7th/6th cent B.C." Label typed on 3" x 5" filing card: "Greek Kylix. Greek-Magna Graecia, 7th-6th century B.C. An everyday Greek household vessel used for drinking wine. The fabric is pale earthenware and the interior and exterior are decorated with broad bands of brick red slip. Magna Graecia is the name given to the territory colonized by the Greeks in the southern part of Italy." According to David Depuma, University of Iowa, this was made in Etruscan territory in the early 6th century B.C. (Oct 2005).
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