Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1455 Chronology: | | Context ca. 520-480 B.C. | Deposit: | | R 12:1 | Published Number: | | AV 12.1455 | References: | | Object: P 20794
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One-piece jar; plain rim, flaring ring foot. Dilute wash outside; dark brown glaze on inside of rim, for bands down handles, at shoulder and around foot.
The kados shape, common in cooking ware, Pl. 65, is unusual in household ware. The careful finish of 1455 might suggest some special use, for instance as a measure; but this piece is unglazed inside and the contents, to the brim, are no more than 5.5 liters, nearly a liter short of a dichous of ca. 6.4 liters. Somewhat similar, but finer, the banded pelike 13, Pl. 1.
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