Agora Object: SS 667
Inventory Number:   SS 667
Section Number:   Θ 350
Title:   Stamped Amphora Handle: Cretan
Category:   SS Misc.
Description:   Thick handle curving down close to neck.
Coarse clay, somewhat micaceous, full of large quartzy bits; pinkish-buff to ash gray.
Impression square with rounded corners. Appears to be the prow of a ship, with letter traces on two adjacent sides of it.
Cf. Pridik (1917), pp. 116-117, no. 16, pl. XIV; the type is called "Cretan"; there after the suggestion of Milne in the Cairo museum publication.
Notes:   Par: Pridik 1917, Pl XIV, nr 16 and p116--117;
JG Milne, Cat [...] du Musee du Caire, XVI 1905, p124;
Tarsus, Vol I, nr 95 (late 3c--early 2c BC)(VG)*
Class: Cretan?*
Context:   Middle Stoa Building Field; south trench.
Writing:   [---]
prow?
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Th. 0.032; W. 0.043
Date:   6 March 1933
Section:   Θ
Grid:   Θ:30/Ε
Elevation:   60.40m.
Masl:   60.4m.
Deposit:   H-K 12-14
Bibliography:   Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 84, no. 83.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 40 (1971)
Deposit: H-K 12-14
Card: SS 667