Agora Object: P 8858
Inventory Number:   P 8858
Section Number:   Γ 2295
Title:   Amphora
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Neck, body and handle fragments missing; restored in plaster. Top-shaped body on truncated conical foot. Lower body flaring outward but straight in profile, meeting slightly convex, nearly flat shoulder at a sharp angle. High,flaring, slightly concave neck. Handles shoulder to below rim. Fine moulding around neck between handle and lip.
Purplish clay with white grits. Creamy slip. Unglazed.
Cf. Olynthos example: AJA (1935), p. 241, fig. 42.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 140.
Context:   Well G.
Negatives:   Leica, 80-342
PD Number:   PD 1454-114
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.206, (base) 0.072, (mouth) 0.107; H. 0.302
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   27-29 May 1936
Section:   Γ
Grid:   Γ:80/ΛΓ
Elevation:   -5.5--5.5m.
Masl:   -5.5m.
Deposit:   E 14:5
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Lawall (1995), p. 186.
    Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 74, 77; p. 71, fig. 2, no. 3.
    Hesperia 27 (1958), p. 194, pl. 47f.
    Agora XII, no. 1495, pl. 63.
Published Type:   AJA (1935), p. 241, fig. 42.
    Hesperia. Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 140.
References:   Publication: Agora XII
Publication: Hesperia 27 (1958)
Publication: Hesperia 40 (1971)
Publication Page: Agora 12.2, s. 33, p. 406
Image: 2012.55.0431 (80-342)
Object: Agora XII, no. 1495
Deposit: E 14:5
Card: P 8858
Card: P 8858