Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1555
Dimensions:   H. without lid 0.074; diam. 0.172; H. with lid 0.11.
Chronology:   Context ca. 425-400 B.C.
Deposit:   H 12:6
Bibliography:   Pots and Pans, fig. 43, left.
Published Number:   AV 12.1555
References:   Object: P 11782
Lekanis and lid. Open bowl on disc foot; plain rim with interior flange, strap handles. Shallow conical lid with plain edge and low inverted-cone knob. Thin streaky red to black glaze wash on interior and over most of top of lid; outside unglazed.

The characteristic Attic household lekanis for the second half of the 5th century, particularly numerous in deposits of the last quarter. Others published, all from B 15:1: P 11004 Hesperia, XVIII, 1949, pl. 96, 87; XXVII, 1958, pl. 48 f and p. 205, note 35, shown with lid P 11787 b (not P 11007); Pots and Pans, fig. 43, center; J.H.S., LXXXII, 1962, pl. IV, 3: ring foot and double-rolled handles; the largest of the in- ventoried examples; diam. ca. 0.25. P 11007 Hesperia, XVIII, 1949, pl. 97, 90; lid only, the knob very heavy and coarsely made. P 11008 ibid., p. 334, 91. Cf. also the smaller version P 11005-6 ibid., p. 334, 88, 89; J.H.S., LXXXII, 1962, pl. IV, 3, right and left.