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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1683.1
Shape Cup
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 8/4
Decoration Rim and handle of cup. Fragment is completely reserved. Handle is small and pinched in a triangular shape. Handle is attached to a lower rim, suggesting that a lid was once present which would sit outside this rim. The higher rim is almost to the top of handle. Towards bottom of fragment, the slope becomes steeper as it gets nearer to base.
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment in good condition with no chips or scratches. Only very small deposits can be seen in the rim.
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.93.0274.jpg
Top view of a cup fragment, showing the exterior.

2003.93.0276.jpg
Front view of a cup fragment, showing the handle.

2006.20.0524.jpg
Front view of a cup fragment, showing the interior.

2006.20.0525.jpg
Oblique view of a cup fragment, showing the exterior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 2.3
Diameters
Handle_height 1.2
Other_dims. Length of fragment 4.6 Thickest point 1.4
Location 11.1.5
Edited_by Denise
Date_edited 19 August 2002
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