Agora Object: P 1488
Inventory Number:   P 1488
Section Number:   Θ 355
Title:   Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Base fragment from large pot; less than half the circumference preserved. Broad conical shape, moulded on the outside, which is decorated in brownish-purple paint with a ring around the top of the base and an hourglass pattern around the bottom.
Coarse clay, raspberry pink at the core, buff near the surface, covered with a finer buff slip. Paint dull and somewhat peeled.
Context:   East trench, north end, with Hellenistic pottery.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Est. Diam. (bottom) 0.175; P.H. 0.075
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   6 March 1933
Section:   Θ
Grid:   Θ:44-48/ΙΒ-ΚΔ
Deposit:   H-K 12-14
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Monaco (2000), p. 242.
References:   Deposit: H-K 12-14
Card: P 1488