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gordion cup
Object Type
gordion cup
Museum number
1888,0601.427
Description
Body sherd (mended from two fragments) of Attic pottery Gordion cup; interior glazed save for reserved band at top of wall; exterior: glazed save for handle zone which has black lines top and bottom; inscription in handle zone.
Producer name
Made by:
Ergotimos
(potter)
Painted by:
Kleitias
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
570BC-560BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Sanctuary of Aphrodite (Naukratis)
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
3.50 centimetres
(no. 2)
Height:
4.20 centimetres
(no.3)
Thickness:
0.20 centimetres
Width:
3.50 centimetres
(no. 2)
Width:
3.80 centimetres
(no. 3)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The sherd belongs to the same vessel as British Museum 1888,0601.424, 1888,0601.425, 1888,0601.215, 1948,0815.1 and 1948,0815.2. The sherd joins Cambridge, Fitzwilliam GR.206.1894. See Hirayama, H. 2010 Kleitias and Attic Black-figure Vases in the Sixth Century B.C., 89 and pl. 25, A17,6.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(B601.5.2)
Brijder Siana III 2000 / Siana Cups III: The Red-black Painter, Griffin-bird Painter, and Siana Cups resembling Lip-cups
(p. 556, no. G2)
(Ergotimos-Kleitias Group)
Gardner 1888 / Naukratis II
(p. 67, no. 827, pl. XXI, no. 827)
Beazley & Payne 1929 / Attic Black Figured Fragments from Naukratis
(p. 266, no. 45)
ABV / Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters
(p. 173, no. 5)
Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC
(p. 381, no. B533)
Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece
(p. 231, no. 1)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GA.0420)
(Phase 1)
Smith C 1888 / Acquisitions of British Museum
(p. 233, no. 7)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0601.427
Joined objects
Associated Group:
G16281
(6 objects)