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Fragment of cup
Greek
Archaic Period
mid 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .075 .04
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.843
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 350.1.
DescriptionFine texture; interior has uniform dull brown glaze; incised Greek inscription on rim, outer surface decorated with alternate dull brown and yellow-brown bands, along with a dot rosette and a cermaic knucklebone.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 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).