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 |