An Attic black-figure lip-cup with nonsense inscriptions Circa 535-525 B.C. A nonsensical inscription in each of the handle-zones: handle-zone A: (.)(.)(.)σοτνσο(.); handle-zone B:(.)(.)(.)σοτν, 29.9cm diam. including handles, 12.3cm high Footnotes: Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1982, lot 310 ('band cup'). Lloyd and Jeanne Raport Collection, Washington DC and Florida, formed between 1972 - 2000. Beazley Archive no. 9018013 and AVI database no. 4791. Published: P. Heesen, 'Meaningless, But Not Useless! Nonsense Inscriptions on Athenian Little-Master Cups' in D. Yatromanolakis (ed.), Epigraphy of Art: Ancient Greek Vase-Inscriptions and Vase-Paintings, Oxford, 2016, pp. 100, no. 56. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing