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Fragment of cup (skyphos) with inscription
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
early 6th–late 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Temple of the Dioscuri
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .054 by .05
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.1087
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 350.3.
DescriptionFragment of a South Ionian skyphos. Decoration in black with added red. Inside black with horizontal red lines; outside a wide black band with red lines on which is incised below, a pattern of running loops of dots crossed by verticle lines of dots. The letters ΦΡΟ are inscribed, possibly from an inscription containing the name of the goddess Aphrodite.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of the Dioscuri. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).