Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 1506
Dimensions:   H. 15.9; Diam. 16.7.
Chronology:   Context of 150-110
Deposit:   F 15:2 (Group E)
Bibliography:   PF II, p. 111.
    H. A. Thompson 1934, E 71, p. 403, fig. 92
Published Number:   AV 29.1506
References:   Object: P 3374
Vertical section of handle and over half of body, foot, and underside restored.

Low, flaring foot; flat resting surface; well-formed, slightly convex underside. Lower body very high and nearly straight. Offset at base of short neck. Cup mouth with thin, sharp lip. Double-grooved strap handle. Decoration in brown to brown/orange glaze: band on foot, base of neck, and rim; at angle, broad band with two thin lines above and below; on shoulder, one wreath tied with square bow preserved.

Very micaceous, hard, fine fabric, mottled from light red to reddish yellow (2.5YR 6/6--5YR 6/6); thick, white slip (10YR 8/2), yellow on neck.

For shape cf. Kokkou-Buridi 1982, no. 108, p. 55, pl. ΛΑ.

For wreath with square bow see Leroux 1913, no. 17, pp. 21--22 (Eretria), no. 27, pp. 24--25 (Myrina), no. 33, pp. 26--27 (Olbia), nos. 66, 70, pp. 37--38, 40--41 (Cyrenaica); BCH 78, 1954, p. 221, fig. 5 (Delos, in context of mid-2nd century and slightly later); Tsakos 1994, p. 161, fig. 7 (Samos); PF II, F 11, p. 114, pl. 45 (Pergamon); AvP I, ii, p. 277, fig. a (Pergamon); AvP XI, ii, no. 101, p. 72, pl. 43:3 (Pergamon, in context dating after middle of 2nd century); Belin de Ballu 1972, p. 115, pl. XXXVIII (Olbia); Vilímková and Wimmer 1969, no. 96, p. 39, pl. 96 (Libya); Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, no. 86, pp. 63--64, pl. 41 (Italy). Square bows also appear on a hemispherical bowl from Chalkis (Δελτ 27, 1972, B1 2 [1977], pp. 340--341, pl. 292:στ).