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Accession_Number

50.4.10

Shape

Cup

Shape_description

Type C cup. Slightly everted rim with thickened concave lip, from below which emerge two horizontal rounded handles in an oblong shape, that curve up to just below the rim. Shallow bowl flows uninterrupted into a thick stem, which tapers out until a ridge, below which it is cylindrical; thick torus ring foot with slightly sloping upper side and conical underside.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/6

Decoration

Black gloss except for reserved underside of handles, panels under handles, line at the join of stem and foot, upper edge of foot, resting surface, and tip of conical underside.

Inscriptions

Condition

Broken across bowl in transit from Leicester, and repaired. Gloss remains shiny and silvery. Bowl assembled form 2 fragments. On the exterior, it is not at parts lustrous, while at parts it is fired to dark brown.

Technique/Style

Black glaze

Provenance

Said to be from Nola

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500-480

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0266.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing concave lip.
2003.92.0267.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing concave lip.
2003.92.0268.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing concave lip and reserved panels under handles.
2003.92.0269.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing concave lip and reserved panels under handles.
2003.92.0270.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing the interior.
2003.92.0271.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing the base and other reserved sections.
2003.92.0272.jpg	Detailed bottom view of an Attic black-glaze type C cup, showing the base and other reserved sections.
2008.99.0768.jpg	Oblique view, from below, of an Attic black-glazed type C cup.
2008.99.0769.jpg	Profile view of an Attic black-glazed type C cup.
2008.99.0770.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Attic black-glazed type C cup, showing a u-shaped handle.
2008.99.0771.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Attic black-glazed type C cup.
2008.99.0772.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Attic black-glazed type C cup, showing a u-shaped handle.
2008.99.0773.jpg	Oblique view from above of an Attic black-glazed type C cup.
2008.99.0774.jpg	Profile view of an Attic black-glazed type C cup.
2008.99.0775.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-glazed type C cup, showing the bowl and both handles.
2008.99.0776.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-glazed Type C cup.
2009.07.0002.jpg	Profile drawing of an Attic black-glazed Type C cup.