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ionian cup
Object Type
ionian cup
Museum number
1886,0401.134
Description
Body and lower rim sherd (mended from two fragments) of South Ionian pottery cup with everted rim; interior glazed black; exterior: lip and handle zone reserved with band between; wall glazed; inscription on exterior.
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
580BC-540BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Miletus
(possibly)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sanctuary of Apollo (Naukratis)
Materials
pottery
Type series
Hayes Ionian Cup type IX
Schlotzhauer Ionian Cup Type 9.A
Vallet and Villard Ionian Cup Type B2
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
3.30 centimetres
Thickness:
0.20 centimetres
Width:
7.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Schlotzhauer Identifies the sherd as belonging to a Type 9A South Ionian cup with everted rim. 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 Vallet and Villard 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.
Bibliographic references
Petrie 1886 / Naukratis. Part I., 1884-85
(pl. XXXII, no. 206)
Bernand 1970 / Le Delta égyptien d'après les textes grecs, i: les confins libyques
(p. 659, no. 167)
Schlotzhauer 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus Naukratis
(p. 49, no. 50)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GE.458)
(Phase 3)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Apollo
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1886
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1886,0401.134