ID: 700006923 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006923	Record Type: Movable Work
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Two-handled Cup with Relief Decoration (cup (drinking vessel); Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 1st century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AM.57)

Note: Encircling this two-handled drinking cup is a scene that may be derived from Homer's "Odyssey." Odysseus was instructed by the sorceress Circe to travel to the Underworld to consult the blind seer Teiresias, the only one who could tell Odysseus when he would return home to Ithaca. On the cup, Odysseus holds aloft his sword and averts his eyes, having slain a ram to summon the ghost. There are seven other figures on the cup as well, all older men wearing cloaks. They may be the Seven Sages. The handles are decorated with foliate patterns on the tops of their shafts above the rim, and at their attachment plates to the body of the cup. The foot is decorated with a sharp fillet near the top, and with a beaded band and ovolo atop the footplate.

Titles:

Two-handled Cup with Relief Decoration (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Wine Cup with Ulysses (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cup (drinking vessel) [300043202] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 1st century

Creator Display:

Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 96.AM.57

Other: Creation: Roman Empire [7030347] World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Silver

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 12.5 cm; W: 16.3 cm; Diam.: 11.4 cm

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

Ancient Roman

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	two-handled cup [300198934]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels, cups (drinking vessels), <cups by form>) (AAT)

	Odysseus [901000599]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Tiresias [901000731]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	men (male humans) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	Odyssey [901000730]
	.....((Literary works: Poetry, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Two-handled Cup with Relief Decoration	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Wine Cup with Ulysses	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)