Acquisition number: 1965.15
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Attic Black-Figure Lip Cup. A and B: in the lip-zone, a ram feeding, left, with below in the handle-band, a meaningless inscription of ten and of fifteen letters. Lines mark the top of the lip and the offset below. Purple-red was added on the necks and tails of both rams and for stripes near their hindquarters. The lower wall is painted solid but for a reserved band; the stem and foot are black except for the edge of the foot which is reserved as is the underside.
Title: Attic Black-Figure Lip Cup - 1965.15
Acquisition number: 1965.15
Culture or period: Archaic Greece.
Date: 540-530 BC.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Pottery - Black-figure
Dimensions: 213mm (w) × 139mm (h)
Origin region or location: Greece
Origin city: Athens.
Display case or on loan: 3
Keywords: Greek, Attic, Black Figure
Münzen and Medaillen (Basle), Sonderliste G (November 1964) no. 59 (ill.); J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 30-31. Beazley Archive Pottery Database 7652; https://www.avi.unibas.ch/DB/searchform.html?ID=3224 (for the inscription).
1965.15
Attic Black-Figure Lip Cup
Purchased. Ht 13.9cm; diam. 21.3cm.
Reconstructed from fragments. The right handle is restored; the neck and tail of the ram on side B have been retouched. There is also some repainting of the black.
A and B: in the lip-zone, a ram feeding, left, with below in the handle-band, a meaningless inscription of ten and of fifteen letters. Lines mark the top of the lip and the offset below. Purple-red was added on the necks and tails of both rams and for stripes near their hindquarters. The lower wall is painted solid but for a reserved band; the stem and foot are black except for the edge of the foot which is reserved as is the underside.
Inside: a reserved band immediately within the lip, and in the centre, a reserved disc decorated with a black circle.
About 540-530 BC.
Münzen and Medaillen (Basle), Sonderliste G (November 1964) no. 59 (ill.); J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 30-31. Beazley Archive Pottery Database 7652; https://www.avi.unibas.ch/DB/searchform.html?ID=3224 (for the inscription).