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Accession_Number 26.2.14
Shape Ionian cup
Shape_description Rim and shoulder sherd of East Greek (North Ionian?) pottery cup with part of handle root;
Material Terracotta
Fabric East Greek
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration pale slip; interior: reserved band at top of lip; below, black; top of lip glazed; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved, with black line between; lower wall glazed; black around root of handle; at right of sherd, part of inscription;
Inscriptions on lip: α[ ; post-firing graffito, probably a dedication to Apollo
Condition Handle zone shows break where handle joined it.
Technique/Style painted, slipped;
Provenance Naukratis or Tell Dafana
Period Archaic
Date 600BC-540BC
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Top view of a fragment of an East Greek Ionian cup.

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Top view of the reverse fragment of an East Greek cup.

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Top view of a fragment of an East Greek Ionian cup.

2005.02.0367.jpg
Oblique view of a fragment of an East Greek Ionian cup.

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Top view of a fragment of an East Greek Ionian cup.

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Top view of the reverse fragment of an East Greek cup.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, p.33. pl. 21, no.10a-b; Villing et al 2013-2015 (ORC) GG.380;
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.80
Diameters 15.00 (rim)
Handle_height
Other_dims. W:7.20; T:0.40;
Location 1.2.1
Edited_by Karen; Adel; Jayne
Date_edited 07.04.2004; 2019;2022
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