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    Group photo of Att 91, Att 93, Att 94, Att 95, and Att 96 from left to right. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Black Pattern Floral Band Cup Fragment

Date
525-500 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P64.295
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Floral Band Cup
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Pattern
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W237 - W247 / S347 - S354 *88.60 - 88
Findspot
Found with a fine mix, as follows: a rock crystal lion (J64.2:6339); a base with graffito, Att 276; a fine kantharos sherd, Att 345; and Lydian pottery.
Description
Fragment. Exterior: two circles preserved from a row of neat black circles with a black dot in the center (chain pattern). Two incised lines and a trace of added purple form the base of the palmette above. Interior glazed. See Att 94 for a more complete example of the scheme of decoration.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.017; P.W. 0.022; Th. 0.002--0.003.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
On the context, see BASOR 177 (1965) 6--9.
Author
NHR