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Accession_Number 26.2.2
Shape Droop cup
Shape_description Body sherd of Attic black-figured pottery Droop cup;
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/4
Decoration interior: glazed black; exterior: part of interlaced stems of lotus chain decoration in handle zone; below, series of narrow and wide bands, mostly painted black but three in added red;
Inscriptions Droop cup
Condition Fragment with small chip on one edge, otherwise edges are smooth.
Technique/Style painted; black-figure
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana (Made in Attica)
Period Archaic
Date 550-525
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.09.0007.jpg
Top view of the exterior of two fragments (26.2.2 and xxx?).

2003.09.0098.jpg
Top view of a curved fragment of a Droop cup showing the decoration with alternating bands.

2003.97.0781.jpg
Front view of a curved fragment of a Droop cup, showing the decoration with alternating bands.

2003.97.0782.jpg
Front view of a fragment of an Attic droop cup, showing thickness of the cup.

2003.97.0783.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an Attic droop cup, showing the stripe pattern on the top.

2003.97.0784.jpg
Top view of the underside of a fragment from an Attic droop cup, showing black gloss.

2013.04.0045.jpg
Top view of a fragment from an Attic droop cup, showing the stripe pattern on the top.

2013.04.0046.jpg
Top view of the underside of a fragment from an Attic droop cup, showing black gloss.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.16, pl. 9, no.4; P.N. Ure, JHS 52 (1932) 61, no. 52.; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GA.1415 phase 3;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
reference 3
Beazley_DB 14374
Height 5.0
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:11.40; T:0.50;
Location Timeline 2 top
Edited_by Faye; Karen; Kinsey; Adel;
Date_edited 08.07.2003; 05.04.2004; 16.01.2006; 2019;
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