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chalice
Object Type
chalice
Museum number
1900,0214.5
Description
Fragment of East Greek pottery chalice(?) foot. Broad black band on underside; edge of rim reserved; top glazed with added white and red bands at edge. Incised inscription on top.
Cultures/periods
East Greek
Archaic Greek
Production date
600BC-550BC
Production place
Made in:
North Ionia
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Dr David George Hogarth
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Hellenion (Naukratis)
, Area of Site 4 (Hogarth) and just south of Site 3 (Hogarth) ('on the mud just outside its [Site 3] north-west and south walls': Hogarth et al. 1898-9, 31-2)
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
10.50 centimetres
(circa)
Height:
3.81 centimetres
Length:
4.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Hogarth explains how this sherd was excavated in the region just outside of the north-west and south walls of Chamber 3 in the Hellenion. See Hogarth (1898/1899), p. 32.
Bibliographic references
Edgar 1898/1899 / Excavations at Naukratis. B: The Inscribed and Painted Pottery
(p. 55, no. 54)
Bernand 1970 / Le Delta égyptien d'après les textes grecs, i: les confins libyques
(p. 700, no. 577)
Höckmann & Möller 2006 / The Hellenion at Naukratis: Questions and Observations
(p. 15, fig. 8 fig. 9, no. 57 no. 81)
Hogarth 1898/1899 / Excavations at Naukratis, A. Site and Buildings
(p. 32, no. 54)
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GG.1001)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
British School at Athens
Acquisition date
1900
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1900,0214.5