band-cup

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Object Type: band-cup
Museum number: 1888,0601.436
Description: Rim and body sherd of Attic pottery band cup; interior: reserved band at rim, glazed black below; exterior: rim black (fired reddish), handle zone reserved; pre- and post-firing inscriptions on exterior.
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 550BC-525BC
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naukratis
Materials: pottery
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.20 - 0.40 centimetres; Diameter: 22 - 23 centimetres (rim); Height: 5 centimetres; Width: 9 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A joining fragment has been missing since 1965; dimensions in register: 2 1/8 in x 4 1/4 in.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B601.8); Villing et al. 2013-2025 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.0460) (Phase 1); Heesen 2011 / Athenian Little-Master Cups (p. 327 no. 735); Smith C 1888 / Acquisitions of British Museum (p. 233-4, no. 16)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Named in inscription: Aphrodite/Venus
Acquisition name: Donated by: Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date: 1888
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1888,0601.436

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