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Fragment of cup with a gorgoneion

Fragment of cup with a gorgoneion

Greek

Archaic Period

about 500 B.C.

Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Ceramic

Dimensions Legacy dimension: .021 H. .072 W.

Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription

Accession Number86.600

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome

ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné CVA Boston 2, pl. 109, 18; Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 357.4.

DescriptionPart of the foot of a stemless cup. Interior of cup has most of a Gorgoneion (missing only the top of the head).

ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).