• m10-att-96-10
    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
early 5th C. BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P60.249
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Floral Band Cup
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Pattern
Pottery Attribution
Top Band Class
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
E10 - E15 / S115 - S120
Findspot
room B, SE corner, over tomb
Description
Rim fragment. Not a true band cup because the lip is not everted. Exterior: reserved band at the rim and then the usual reserved band at the handle zone. Dilute line at top of the reserved area. Lotus flower with a white tipped bud and side sepals. Part of one petal of the palmette, black glaze with white interior, preserved at left. Interior: black glaze.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.027; P.W. 0.019; Th. 0.002--0.003.
Comments
For date, cf. ABFV 150.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR