ionian cup
- Museum number
- 1886,0401.105
- Description
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Rim, body, and handle sherd (mended from two fragments) of South Ionian pottery cup with everted rim; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; top of lip glazed; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved with line between; lower body glazed; handled glazed save inside; inscription on exterior.
- Production date
- 580BC-540BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 0.30 - 0.60 centimetres
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Height: 6.70 centimetres
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Width: 11.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Although Schlotzhauer (Schlotzhauer 2012) does not discuss this sherd, it does find parallels with his South Ionian cups with everted rim Type 9A. The type closely follows the shape and decoration of the Attic Plain Komast cups. These cups coincide with Petrie’s class L1 (Petrie 1886, 18), Hayes’ Ionian Cup Type IX (Boardman and Hayes 1966, 111-116), and Villard’s Ionian Cup Type B2 (Vallet and Villard, 1964, 87-88).
Type 9 cups have been found in large numbers in other sanctuary settings including at the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Miletus and the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Tocra. This type was the most common type of South Ionian cups with everted rims found at Naukratis.
The Type 9 shape evolved from the earlier Type 5 cup shape.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1886,0401.105