Cup Sherd
1922.01.0039
Detailed Images
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Cup Sherd (1922.01.0039) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | Classical Period, 450 – 440 BCE |
| Culture | Greek, Attic |
| Location | On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 15.6 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 12.2 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 0.7 cm |
| Weight | 152 g |
| Measuring Remarks | The depth is the thickness of the fragment. |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Glazing |
| Munsell Color Information | Black (N 2.75/) -ns Brownish Orange ( 2.5 YR 5/8) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | ATTIC RED-FIGURE CUP (TYPE B) Only the tondo, part of the exterior body, and a portion of the upper stem of the foot are preserved. Handle ornaments: two stacked palmettes and tendrils terminating in buds. I, most of the border of maeander with cross squares preserved. B, Florals and part of a palmette also preserved. Subject: I, A nude athlete with strigil in his left hand faces a robed trainer dressed in a himation. Basin appears behind youth. A, feet and lower legs of two athletes and a robed man with a staff. B, lower portions of three draped males, first and third frontal, second facing left holding a staff. Attributed to the Penthesilean Workshop, perhaps the Painter of London E 777 or his manner, by D. von Bothmer. About 450-440 B.C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 26, 4-5. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | For the Painter of London E 777, see ARV(2), p. 939ff. Orvieto 1046 (Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, 1963. P. 942, no. 49; Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Orvieto I [Italia 16], p. 13, p. 15: 1–2). |
| Bibliography | Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 21-22, Plate 26, 4-5. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |