Corinth Object: T 1477
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   T 1477
Title:   ATTIC BAND CUP
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   T
Object Number:   1477
Description:   Cup with tall hollow stem, tapering from bottom to top, and ending in broad flat foot. Deep convex body with continuous curve to slightly offset flaring rim. Two horizontal canted loop handles set on shoulder.
Decoration:   Outer edge of foot reserved; foot, stem and lower body glazed, with reserved stripe on body; reserved handle zone with 11-petal palmettes; three petals red, rest black, around large red heart; between palmettes, nonsense incriptions. Narrow red line at top of stem. Interior: reserved area with dotted circle in center.
Inscriptions:
ΕΠΟΙVΕΠΟΙVΕΠΟΙVEΠΟΙVΝ
ΣΡΟΙVXEΠΟΙVNIVEΠΟΙV
Material:   Fine pinkish-buff Attic clay.
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.145, Diam. foot 0.094, Diam. max. 0.217
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   Date of Grave: late 2nd. quarter of mid 6th c. B.C.
Bibliography:   AJA 1929, p. 542; Art and Arch. 1930, p. 262; Corinth XIII, p. 203, n. 219/3.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, et al. Corinth 13, 1964
Publication: Shear, American Journal of Archaeolog33:4... 1929