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stemless cup
(type C)
Object Type
stemless cup
(type C)
Museum number
1886,0401.1186
Description
Base and body sherd of Attic Silhouette pottery stemless cup; interior: glazed black with reserved tondo showing frontal satyr in silhouette, squatting (defecating) with face turned to left; dilute brown ring at perimeter of tondo; concave fillet, painted red, between foot and bowl; underside reserved with black circle and central black dot; foot glazed black, save stand ring.
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
520BC-500BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sanctuary of Apollo (Naukratis)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Silhouette
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
8.50 centimetres
(about (of foot))
Height:
2.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
For the subject, see Hartwig, P., Die griechischen Meisterschalen. Stuttgart 1893, 346-347.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(B600.13)
Beazley & Payne 1929 / Attic Black Figured Fragments from Naukratis
(p. 272, no. 71)
(wrongly numbered B600.3)
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 435, no. B703)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 236, no. 1)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0674)
(Phase 1)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satyr
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1886
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1886,0401.1186