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Drinking cups comprise the most important class of Pergamene relief ware. The genre may have been developed for libations and feasts celebrated in the context of the ruler cult of the Attalids, the royal dynasty that ruled Pergamon in the third and second centuries B.C.
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Title: Terracotta cup with appliqués
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 150–100 BCE
Culture: Greek, Pergamene
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H.: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.270
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