Black Glaze Cup

Attic Black Glaze One-Handled Cup Shape and Ornament - Convex body, disk foot. Fully glazed except for underside. On interior, an incised circle, off-center. On the underside of foot, three concentric bands of glaze, one thick and two thin around a central dot, all over a red wash. Dimensions and Condition - H. 0.042 m.; w. with handle 0.151 m.; d. rim 0.122 m.; d. base 0.072 m. Light red clay, glossy black glaze with a blue sheen. Repaired from several fragments. Second half of the fifth century B.C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 35, 5.

Agora P 16937 (Sparkes and Talcott, The Athenian Agora vol. 12: Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th, and 4th Centuries B.C., 1970. , pp. 126, 290, no. 753, pl. 31).

James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 33, Plate 35, 5. PETRIE, W. M. F., Naukratis. Part I., 1884-5. Third Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1886. GARDNER, E. A., Naukratis, Part II. Sixth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1888. Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt, The British Museum (online catalogue)