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Fragment of an Attic Black Figure Type C Cup

Date
late 6th-early 5th C. BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P87.107
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Cup Type C
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
ByzFort
Trench
ByzFort 87.NE
Locus
ByzFort 87.NE Locus 1
B-Grid Coordinates
E689 - E697 / S321 - S331 *182.4 - 177.9
Description
Fragment of wall. Torso of a (dead?) man. Incisions for the chest and ribs. Interior: black glaze.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.048; P.W. 0.045; Th. 0.0035.
Comments
For interpretation as torso of a dead man, cf. E. Vermeule, Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry 92, fig. 12.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR