Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1583 Dimensions: | | H. pres. 0.141. | Chronology: | | Context 520-480 B.C. | Deposit: | | F 14:3 | Published Number: | | AV 12.1583 | References: | | Object: P 4260
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Neck, shoulder and vertical handle.
Heavy rolled rim slightly undercut. Clay pink to purplish gray with gray core and small flecks of yellow mica; the surfaces grayish brown, wet-surfaced. Decoration in matt black: the rim glazed outside and a broad wavy band around the neck; a band at junction of neck and shoulder, down the handle, and a narrow band around the wall at the line of the lower handle-attachment. East Greek.
Close in fabric to the earlier storage amphorae from Chios: cf. P 13668 I 14:1 Agora, VIII, pl. 13, 225, but without the characteristic slip.
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