Wall and rim fragments.

Open pot, deep but narrow in proportion. Slightly pro- jecting rim flat on top; horizontal rolled handles well down on wall, projecting boss beside handle-attachment. Coarse heavy fabric (tile fabric), the pot lumpy and poorly made, the sur- faces gray as if burned. Narrow bands of dull glaze form large rectangles on wall; glazed triangles on top of rim; inside unglazed. Possibly Corinthian.

The glazed triangles on the rim appear on Corinthian lekanai (p. 215, note 16); for the bosses compare the small lekane 1843, Pl. 87. No parallels have, however, appeared for the shape or for the decoration of the walls, and the pot looks as if it had been spoiled in making or used as a try- piece, hence improbable as an import. Wherever it was made, the special shape and very heavy walls suggest it might have been intended to serve some workshop or industrial use. There is some evidence of manufacturing activity not far from the cistern R 18:2; see S 19:3.