Kyathos

An example of a kyathos

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Kyathos (Ancient Greek - dipper) 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.

Greek vase shapes

Wine vessels	Amphora Kotyle Kantharos Kyathos Kylix Lakaina Mastos Oenochoe Pelike Psykter Rhyton Skyphos

Water vessels	Hydria Hydriske Kalpis

Mixing vessels	Dinos Krater

Cookware	Chuta Lebes

Tableware	Pinakion

Perfume, oil, and wedding	Alabastron Aryballos Askos Lebes Gamikos Lekythos Loutrophoros Lydion Pelike Pyxis Stirrup jar

Funerary and religious	Kernos Lekythos Loutrophoros Phiale

Storage	Amphora Chuta Kalathos Lebes Pelike Pithos Situla Stamnos

Other	Band skyphos Epinetron Kernos Luchnos

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