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    Overview of rim fragment. (©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.
P61.111
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
W270 / S360 *88.6 - 88.4
Findspot
Found near Att 55 (black-figure lip cup) and Att 274 (foot of black-glaze stemmed cup).
Description
Rim fragment. Not a true band cup because the lip is not everted. Exterior: on reserved band, formless palmettes and a single stroke for lotus bud. Lotus buds have a large white dot, and chain pattern has a white dot in oculus of each link, carelessly applied. Date based on the form of the palmettes.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.038; P.W. 0.065; diam 0.17; Th. 0.0035.
Comments
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Author
NHR