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This form of kantharos is related in shape to the kyathos. The kantharos is known in Attic pottery by 600 B.C., and it came to be specifically associated with the wine-god Dionysos.
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Title: Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup with high handles)
Period: Archaic
Date: 6th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H.: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
Object Number: 96.9.153
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