lip-cup
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.112
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured lip-cup. Purple accessories. In the centre of the interior is an ancient bronze nail, by which the bowl was fastened to the foot.
Exterior, above: (a) Theseus slaying the Minotaur: Theseus to right, with long tresses, fillet, short purple chiton, and sheath at side, seizes the Minotaur by the horn with left hand, while he plunges his sword into his breast. The Minotaur, who has a bull's head and neck, kneels on one knee to right, with head turned to left, and left hand raised, holding a stone; blood flows from the wound.
(b) The same design. Below, on both sides, imitation inscriptions.
- Production date
- 550BC-530BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.50 centimetres
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Length: 486 grammes
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Width: 27.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Wulff, Theseussage, p. 32.
Catalogue states 'in the style of Nicosthenes?'
- Location
- On display (G13/dc8)
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.112
