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Kylix
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Kylix 

an ancient Greek drinking vessel consisting of a shallow cup on a slender foot or short pedestal with two slender, horizontal handles. The ceramic kylikes were often painted, with a design of palmettes on the bottom. Kylikes were also made of metal.



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The evidence for the deliberate disposal of feasting debris in Late Bronze Age Cyprus comes from Kalavassos-Ayios Dhimitrios and Kouklia-Evreti, where it is associated with imported Mycenaean pottery especially drinking cups, kylikes and bowls.
One group of burnt bones was found in Room 7 of the archives complex, close to a group of miniature clay kylikes or cups, and these bones and cups were interpreted by Blegen as the remains of, respectively, sacrifices and votive offerings (Blegen & Rawson 1966: 93).
The Perakhora sanctuary distribution concentrates more single-mindedly than anywhere else on drinking vessels, kylikes and skyphoi, but is quite like many non-sanctuary distributions.
 
 
 
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