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Guinea fowl
Birds appear with some frequency on vases at the end of the sixth century B.C. Roosters, geese, herons, and guinea fowl belonged to Athenian households.
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Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 500 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); width with handles 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Object Number: 41.162.125
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