Agora Object: P 8859
Inventory Number:   P 8859
Section Number:   Γ 2296
Title:   Amphora
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Broken off at base of neck and handle; body fragments missing. Similar to P 8858 (Γ 2295); same clay, with deep pink surface; unslipped.
ADDENDA P 8858: Top-shaped body on truncated conical foot. Lower body flaring outward but straight in profile, meeting slightly convex, nearly flat shoulder at a sharp angle. High,flaring, slightly concave neck. Handles shoulder to below rim. Fine moulding around neck between handle and lip.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1495.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 140.
Context:   Well G.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.195, (base) 0.069; P.H. 0.192
Date:   27-29 May 1936
Section:   Γ
Grid:   Γ:80/ΛΓ
Elevation:   -5.5--5.5m.
Masl:   -5.5m.
Deposit:   E 14:5
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 27 (1958), p. 194.
Published Type:   Agora XII, no. 1495.
    Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 140.
References:   Publication: Agora XII
Publication: Hesperia 27 (1958)
Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941)
Publication Page: Agora 12.2, s. 33, p. 406
Deposit: E 14:5
Card: P 8859