• m10-att-338-10
    Profile view of base fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-att-338-20
    Overview of base fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-att-338-30
    Drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Black Glaze Cup-Skyphos Fragment

Date
Ca. 500-480 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P62.255
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery, Graffito
Pottery Shape
Cup-Skyphos
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Glaze
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
*88.3
Findspot
PN "Persian West". Found near other sherds with graffiti, Att 175 and P62.320:4629 and P62.231:4630 (plain ware). (For more on the findspot, Pl. 3 and "The Lakonian Pottery," 134 and n. 9.)
Description
Fragment of base and body. Reserved: torus, resting surface, and recessed bottom with a small circle and dot and a graffito which may indicate a tally: a symbol (?) and seven strokes.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.038; diam. of foot 0.085.
Comments
Cf. Agora XII, no. 568, pl. 25, for underside.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR