cup

Object Number

SMP7496

Name

cup

Description

Pieces of one or more medium-sized

semi-open vessels

parts of rim

upper and lower body

respectively

preserved. Rounded rim

short cylindrical neck

rounded body profile. Semi-fine fabric

wheel-made. Inside body and oustide lower body covered in dark slip

slipped dark on light decoration on inside neck (vertical strokes on reserved band)

outside neck and body (horizontal stripes

bands of oblique strokes on reserved area). Cf. publication description: Kantharos

rim and wall

non-joining. D. of rim c. 0.I6 m. Hard orange clay

lustrous black glaze. Groups of bars inside rim. Oblique bars in shoulder zone; trace of hatching in second zone below. The wall fr. shows the bottom of the second zone: oblique bars perhaps from a hatched meander-bounded by vertical bars. Cf. Kerameikos v. I

pl. 86. and old catalogue description: Kantharos fragments

rim and wall non-joining. Lustrous black glaze

reserved lines & hatched bands.

Specimen Count

2

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1951

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

1419

EMu IRN

165681