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cup
Object Type
cup
Description
Fragment of lip and wall, with handle root, of East Greek pottery cup; everted rim. Inside glazed save band at top; top of lip glazed; band at join of lip and bowl. Graffito on lip.
Cultures/periods
Archaic Greek
East Greek
Production date
600BC-550BC
Production place
Made in:
East Greece
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Naukratis
Excavated/Findspot:
Sais
(?)
Materials
pottery
Technique
painted
slipped
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Object owned and held by Egyptian Museum, Cairo. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
Bibliographic references
Villing et al 2013-2015 / Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt
(GO.214)
Gardner 1888 / Naukratis II
(no. 877)
Bernand 1970 / Le Delta égyptien d'après les textes grecs, i: les confins libyques
(no. 513)
Venit 1988 / Greek Painted Pottery from Naukratis in Egyptian Museums
(55, no. 193, pl. 45.)
Location
Not on display
Department
External
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
SR5/1656
Miscellaneous number:
TR7/4/22/2