Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1585 Chronology: | | Context ca. 425-400 B.C. | Deposit: | | C 19:11-POU | Published Number: | | AV 12.1585 | References: | | Object: P 18992
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Base missing and both hori- zontal handles broken off.
Broad heavy rim; deep ovoid body. Pink clay with gray core and fine yellow mica; remains of pale buff slip. Deco- ration in red: rim glazed inside and out, band around lower part of neck; below lower handle-attachment broad band be- tween two narrow; at least three bands around lower wall. Roots of horizontal handles glazed; glaze bands on vertical handle: two stripes crossing at top, running down sides, crossing again at bottom and continuing to form tails on wall; three cross-bars at base of handle. East Greek.
Fabric close to 1582; for the scheme of decoration compare 1580. It seems unlikely that this piece will have been made much later than ca. 500 B.C.; apparently it survived for at least two generations.
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