Agora Object: P 38207
Inventory Number:   P 38207
Section Number:   ΒΖ 2156
Excavation Number:   martens:2017:f:54
Title:   Feeding Bottle
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Very well preserved. Complete but for end of spout.
Flat base slightly raised; globular shaped body; tall neck with flaring rim; high basket handle rising in loop above mouth; short, tapering spout.
Borders of handle and rim, painted solid. Wide band at junction of neck and shoulder. Below, three groups of chevrons running horizontally, widely spaced, with framing band underneath. Around lower body and base, four concentric thin bands. Wide band around beginning and end of spout.
Reddish-brown paint. Fine, reddish orange fabric.
Mycenaean LHIIIA2.
Cf. Agora XIII, p. 242, no. XXXIX-3, pl. 58 (P 22314). For shape, see P. Mountjoy (1986), p. 77, fig. 90 (FS 160). For decoration, see Ibid., p. 68, fig. 77, no. 25 (FM 58).
AS 2227, soil sample from inside feeding bottle.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Level 4 of southeast undercut of Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:10.
Notebook Page:   11624
PD Number:   DA 13417
Dimensions:   H. 0.081, (w/ handle) 0.125; Diam. (base) 0.024; Diam. (rim) 0.058
Material:   Ceramic
Chronology:   Mycenaean LHIIIA2
Date:   3 August 2017
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/19-1/10,11
Elevation:   51.146-51.131m.
Masl:   51.131-51.146m.
Deposit:   J 1:10
Lot:   Lot ΒΖ 2273
Basket:   martens:2017:b:36
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 89 (2020), no. 9, pp. 599, 602, figs. 5, 10.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020)
Images (20)
Deposit: J 1:10
Card: P 38207