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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 ΝΑΚ 494

Category

Vessel

Period

Roman Period

Date

1st-3rd cent. AD

Dimensions

Height: 0.043 m
Base diameter: 0.047 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 43

Description
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Cup mended from many fragments and restored. It was found in 1957 in the east Roman cistern on the south slope of the Acropolis. The base is flat, the body concave in profile with its lowest part wider than the upper, and flaring rim. The vertical handle is pierced and placed low on the cup’s body. The cup was most possibly used for the consumption of some strong distilled alcoholic drink similar to modern Greek ‘tsipouro’.

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