Petrakova A.E.

Key words: Cassel cups, typology and classification of Attic pottery, black-figured pottery, State Hermitage, North Pontic region, H.A.G. Brijder’s classification, export of Attic pottery in Archaic period.
In his article in Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 68 (1993), Professor H.A.G. Brijder established the typology of Cassel cups. Cassel cups and fragments in the State Hermitage museum allow us to come back to the question. The first aim of this article is to draw particular attention to several items which, being in some aspects unique, can contribute new data to the typology. The second aim is to contribute to our understanding of the distribution of the Cassel cups in the Ancient world, since most of the Hermitage cups and fragments were excavated in the Black Sea region, namely in the settlements of Olbia and Pantikapaion and on Berezan island.