ISic020592: ISic020592

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana
ID
ISic020592
Language
Ancient Greek
Text type
artist inscription
Object type
skyphoid-cup
Status
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Apparatus criticus

  • Text after Arena (IGASM 3)

Physical description

Support

Description
Small black-glazed skyphoid-cup (Attic).
Object type
skyphoid-cup
Material
ceramic
Condition
fragment
Dimensions
height: cmdim: cmwidth: cmdepth: cm

Inscription

Layout
The text is placed on the underside of the foot.
Text condition
complete
Letter heights
Line 1: mm
Interlinear heights

Provenance

Place of origin
Naxos
Provenance found
Found in Giardini Naxos.
Map

Current location

Place
Giardini Naxos, Italy
Repository
Museo Archeologico di Giardini Naxos ,
Autopsy
No Autopsy
Map

Date

525—500 BCE (525 BC – 500 BC)
Evidence
lettering

Text type

artist inscription

commentary

The name inscribed on the cup is widespread in various parts of the Greek world in the form Ἀρχικλῆς. There is also a potter named Ἀρχεκλῆς in Attica active in the 6th century. The name could indicate the potter as well as the owner of the vessel.

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Citation and editorial status

Editor
Jonathan Prag
Principal contributor
Valentina Mignosa
Contributors
Last revision
6/15/2021