• m10-att-128-10
    Overview of fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-att-128-20
    Drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment

Date
450-425 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx90.001
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Stemless Cup
Pottery Ware
Attic Red Figure
Pottery Attribution
Findspot
From Sardis (?) or site nearby. Brought to the attention of C. H. Greenewalt, Jr., in 1985, in a bag of mixed sherds of unknown provenience.
Description
Fragment of lower wall. Groove at junction of wall and foot. Exterior: a lion's foot (?) or table leg, and two human feet and draped legs. Reserved band below the figures. Interior: entirely glazed, with tips of stamped ovules preserved.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.024; P.W. 0.036; Th. 0.002--0.007.
Comments
Cf. Agora XII, 22 and P. N. Ure, “Red Figure Cups with Incised and Stamped Decoration I,” JHS 56 (1936) 205--15.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR