Agora Object: Agora XII, no. 1694 Chronology: | | Context ca. 600-575 B.C. | Deposit: | | S 22:1 | Published Number: | | AV 12.1694 | References: | | Object: P 15085
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Globular body on high base, flat beneath; straight neck, flaring trefoil rim; rolled handle from rim. Corinthian tile fabric, handbuilt.
The high foot and bulbous body are traditional in Corinth in this fabric for hydriai, amphorae and jugs; see for example the long jug series such as
C-40-375, 373, 380: Hesperia, XVII, 1948, pl. 76, C 20, 22, 21 (late Geometric);
C-37-934, 935: Corinth, VII, i, pl. 23, 170 and pl. 24, 171 (third quarter of 7th century);
C-37-2052, 2053: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 601, fig. 23, 166- 167 (context of ca. 500-480 B.C.).
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