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    Overview of fragment pf bowl of an eye cup. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type A Cup

Date
Ca. 500 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P96.053
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup Type A
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W280.00 - W285.00 / S325.00 - S330.00 *86.70 - 86.20
Findspot
found in 1965
Description
Fragment of bowl of an eye cup. Three circles of iris and pupil, from outside inward: added white, added purple, and black. A thin line above is the eyebrow. Trace of black lip at top. Interior: black glazed.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.023; P.W. 0.039; Th. 0.003.
Comments
Cf. Paralipomena 100, no. 1; Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Mus. 428. ABV 236; ABFV fig. 184, for this type of eye.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR