Cylindrical cups with straight or concave sides and a vertical strap handle. They are termed “Vapheio cups” due to their typological similarity to the gold cups found in Vapheio in Laconia. They are also known as “Keftiu cups”, because they resemble the vessels depicted on the frescoed wall of the tomb of an Egyptian official of the 18th Dynasty, carried by men termed “Keftiu”, a name believed to denote Minoan Cretans. The cups are a popular type of drinking cup in the late Prepalatial and the Neopalatial period (1800-1450 BC). In clay vessels, concave profiles, fine walls and strap handles are features probably imitating the corresponding cups of precious metals such as gold and silver.