Engraved gnostic seal stone.
Obverse: Aphrodite (?) standing, flanked by Eros holding a mirror (?), and a bird on a basin.
Reverse: Moon and stars above aedicula with inscription: APWI
IΦPA
CIC
under ... 7 June 1963
Many joining fragments make up more than half of lid; one rim fragment does not join. Good black inside.
On wall, linked spirals; on top, herringbone, then linked spirals around center.
Reserved surfaces ... 7 May 1957
One handle and fragments of wall and rim missing.
Four stamped palmettes on floor with two encircling bands of rouletting. Concentric circles on underside.
Glaze fired mostly red. Pithos. Leica ... 7 May 1957
