Agora Object: P 35407
Inventory Number:   P 35407
Section Number:   ΒΗ 203
Excavation Number:   mccabe:2006:f:7
Title:   Vessel Containing Bones of Child
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Whole base mended from numerous fragments, body broken vertically in two main large pieces. Small gaps in bottom otherwise complete. Handles intact.
Spherical two-handled cooking-pot used upside down as infant burial. Bakirtzis tsoukali type B.
Very coarse fabric with large inclusions.
10th/11th c. A.D.
Cf. P 34514
Notes:   Skeleton of child (AA 371).
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Corner west of continuation of Wall 1. East corner of Byzantine Room G.
Notebook Page:   1657
Dimensions:   H. 0247; Diam. (at rim) 0.186, (belly) 0.290; W. (handles) 0.039
Material:   Terracotta
Date:   20 June 2006
Section:   ΒΗ
Grid:   L/16-2/19
Elevation:   53.718m.
Masl:   53.718m.
Deposit:   L 2:3
Lot:   Lot ΒΗ 472
Basket:   mccabe:2006:b:8
Period:   Byzantine
Bibliography:   Camp and Mauzy (2009), pp. 119, 120, figs. 128, 129.
References:   Report: 2006 Excavations
Images (4)
Deposit: L 2:3
Card: P 35407