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cup
Object Type
cup
Museum number
1881,0824.65
Description
Pottery two handled cup in Plain White ware, an imitation of an imported Greek black gloss skyphos; straight sides on the tip narrowing to a piriform lower body on a ring base; pair of horizontal handles with oval section set just below the rim.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic II
Cypro-Classical I
Production date
600 BC-400 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Salamis (Cyprus)
(? Tomb)
Excavated/Findspot:
Kition
(? Tomb)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Plain White Ware
Technique
wheel-made
Dimensions
Diameter:
12 centimetres
Height:
6.20 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated through:
Claude Delaval Cobham
Acquisition date
1881
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1881,0824.65