kyathos
Sign in to savethumb|200px|An example of a kyathos Kyathos (, ) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of painted ancient Greek vase with a tall, round, slightly tapering bowl and a single, flat, long, looping handle. Its closest modern parallel would be a ladle. "The kyathos has a graceful shape resembling a teacup, though a bit larger, with a high looped, flat-strap or oval handle... The terracotta kyathos was used as a ladle for dipping diluted wine from a wine mixer".
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Within Vinony's link graph, kyathos is referenced by 47 other articles, and connects out to hydria, pottery of ancient Greece and Ancient Greece.
It is catalogued under the topic Ancient Greek pot shapes.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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- vase
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- Daunisch-subgeometrischer Kyathos 3, Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf (DerHexer).JPG
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thumb|200px|An example of a kyathos Kyathos (, ) is the name given in modern terminology to a type of painted ancient Greek vase with a tall, round, slightly tapering bowl and a single, flat, long, looping handle. Its closest modern parallel would be a ladle. "The kyathos has a graceful shape resembling a teacup, though a bit larger, with a high looped, flat-strap or oval handle... The terracotta kyathos was used as a ladle for dipping diluted wine from a wine mixer".
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kyathos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.