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Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-610 BCE
East Greek, made on Chios
Chian Wild Goat Style, attributed to the Painter of the Aphrodite Bowl (name-vase; Lemos)
Excavated in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt

The inside of the lip bears a Greek graffito dedication:
Σωστρατος με ανεθηκεν τηφροδιτηι[
"Sostratos dedicated me to Aphrodite [---"

Possibly the grandfather of the Sostratos mentioned by Herodotus, and/or the Sostratos who dedicated an anchor at Gravisca and a plate at Pyrgi; or just possibly the latter dedicated an heirloom at Naukratis.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1888,0601.456 (GR 1888.6-1.456)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1888-0601-456

Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-610 BCE
East Greek, made on Chios
Chian Wild Goat Style, attributed to the Painter of the Aphrodite Bowl (name-vase; Lemos)
Excavated in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt

The inside of the lip bears a Greek graffito dedication:
Σωστρατος με ανεθηκεν τηφροδιτηι[
"Sostratos dedicated me to Aphrodite [---"

Possibly the grandfather of the Sostratos mentioned by Herodotus, and/or the Sostratos who dedicated an anchor at Gravisca and a plate at Pyrgi; or just possibly the latter dedicated an heirloom at Naukratis.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1888,0601.456 (GR 1888.6-1.456)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1888-0601-456

Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-610 BCE
East Greek, made on Chios
Chian Wild Goat Style, attributed to the Painter of the Aphrodite Bowl (name-vase; Lemos)
Excavated in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt

The inside of the lip bears a Greek graffito dedication:
Σωστρατος με ανεθηκεν τηφροδιτηι[
"Sostratos dedicated me to Aphrodite [---"

Possibly the grandfather of the Sostratos mentioned by Herodotus, and/or the Sostratos who dedicated an anchor at Gravisca and a plate at Pyrgi; or just possibly the latter dedicated an heirloom at Naukratis.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1888,0601.456 (GR 1888.6-1.456)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1888-0601-456

Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-610 BCE
East Greek, made on Chios
Chian Wild Goat Style, attributed to the Painter of the Aphrodite Bowl (name-vase; Lemos)
Excavated in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt

The inside of the lip bears a Greek graffito dedication:
Σωστρατος με ανεθηκεν τηφροδιτηι[
"Sostratos dedicated me to Aphrodite [---"

Possibly the grandfather of the Sostratos mentioned by Herodotus, and/or the Sostratos who dedicated an anchor at Gravisca and a plate at Pyrgi; or just possibly the latter dedicated an heirloom at Naukratis.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1888,0601.456 (GR 1888.6-1.456)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1888-0601-456

Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-610 BCE
East Greek, made on Chios
Chian Wild Goat Style, attributed to the Painter of the Aphrodite Bowl (name-vase; Lemos)
Excavated in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt

The inside of the lip bears a Greek graffito dedication:
Σωστρατος με ανεθηκεν τηφροδιτηι[
"Sostratos dedicated me to Aphrodite [---"

Possibly the grandfather of the Sostratos mentioned by Herodotus, and/or the Sostratos who dedicated an anchor at Gravisca and a plate at Pyrgi; or just possibly the latter dedicated an heirloom at Naukratis.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1888,0601.456 (GR 1888.6-1.456)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1888-0601-456

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