Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/62.5.1

Accession_Number

62.5.1

Shape

Cup

Shape_description

FS (='Furumark shape') 220. Shallow cup with flaring rounded rim, one vertical round handle, slightly concave sides that taper sharply below the handle to a raised base that is slightly concave on the underside.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Mycenaean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

Decoration is dark (brownish-black fading to red) on a light ground. The interior is decorated with bands around the rim and in the bowl (with an ill-made join). The exterior is decorated with a band around the rim, brown fading to red on the exterior of the handle, and another band where the cup tapers to the base, beneath which six narrow bands in dilute glaze are evenly spaced to the foot, the exterior of which is red.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Small deposits inside and some flaking of paint. Small chips in rim. Black has faded to red in places.

Technique/Style

Light ground

Provenance

Period

Late Helladic IIIB1

Date

1300-1230

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.67.0002.jpg	Oblique bottom view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing concentric circles and bands on the exterior.
2003.67.0003.jpg	Top view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing concentric circle and band on the interior.
2003.67.0004.jpg	Oblique view (from slightly below) of the right side of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing concentric circles and bands on the exterior.
2003.67.0006.jpg	Right side view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing concentric circles and bands on the exterior.
2003.94.0035.jpg	Top view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing decoration on the interior.
2003.94.0036.jpg	Bottom view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing decoration on the exterior and the reserved base.
2003.94.0037.jpg	Right side view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, upside down, showing decoration on the exterior.
2003.94.0038.jpg	Left side view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, upside down, showing decoration on the exterior.
2003.94.0039.jpg	Left side view of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing decoration on the exterior.
2003.94.0040.jpg	Oblique view of the left side of a Mycenaean one-handled cup, showing the handle and interior decoration.