Megarian cup

Asia Minor, latter half of 2nd/first half of 1st century BCE

Site: Panticapaeum (Kerch)

Ceramic clay. Surface covered in dark red lustre. Megarian (relief) chalice-shaped cup with a slightly flaring lip. Hemispherical base decorated with relief – a nine-petal rosette surrounded by two projecting concentric circles and a chalice made of pairs of acanthus leaves.

H: 5.7 cm

UMP 8435

Purchased from Vladislav Škorpil (Shkorpil).