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Accession_Number REDMG:1935.87.13
Shape Cup
Shape_description 'Ionian'
Material Terracotta
Fabric Perhaps Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 7.5YR 6/4
Decoration Inside black except reserved band at rim 0.5cm wide. Red and black band around rim, beneath which is a reserved band. Thin black and red band just above handle followed by further wide reserved band approximately 1.2 cm wide. One handle reddish brown, the other black, both dipped. Lower body black with one dark red-brown patch below redddish brown handle. White deposits on joint between body and foot. Flared foot also black with reserved base and broad resting surface.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact and complete, save for one medium chip on the rim. Surface very slightly pitted leading to lighter colours showing through black areas.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period Late Archaic
Date 525-500
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a banded Ionian cup.

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Top view of a banded Ionian cup, showing the interior and both of the handles.

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Bottom view of a banded Ionian cup, showing the base and both of the handles.

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Front view of a banded Ionian cup.

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Detailed view of the base of an Ionian cup.

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Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 21.13
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 6.6
Diameters Rim 11.5; stem 2.9; foot 5.4
Handle_height 5.7
Other_dims.
Location History - Excavation shed (bottom shelf)
Edited_by Faye; Karen. Joana Varela
Date_edited 16.07.2003; 07.04.2004; 05.04.2017
The Ure Museum is part of
The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH