cup type a

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Object Type: cup type a
Museum number: 1900,0214.10
Description: Tondo and stem sherd of Attic red-figured pottery type A cup; interior: red figure decoration consisting of part of an Amazon (red spiral bracelet; short sleeved short chiton) putting on a greave, bending over to left with right leg raised (two black lines above ankle); exterior: glazed black, with thin reserved grooves at top and bottom of slight moulding at join of bowl and stem; underside: inside of stem black, underside reserved with black central dot, circle and band.
Producer name: Attributed to: The Hermaios Painter
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 520BC-510BC
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Dr David George Hogarth
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Naukratis
Materials: pottery
Ware: Red Figure
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Height: 2.20 centimetres; Width: 5.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Edgar 1898/1899 / Excavations at Naukratis. B: The Inscribed and Painted Pottery (p. 63, pl. VIII, no. 12); ARV / Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (p. 110, no. 10); Venit 1982 / Painted Pottery from the Greek Mainland found in Egypt, 640-450 BC (p. 510, no. C74); Möller 2000 / Naukratis, Trade in Archaic Greece (p. 237, no. 8); Villing et al. 2013-2025 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt (GA.0644) (Phase 1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: amazon
Acquisition name: Donated by: British School at Athens
Acquisition date: 1900
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1900,0214.10

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