Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 1559
Dimensions:   P.H. 13.5; Diam. 22.5.
Chronology:   Late Hellenistic context
Published Number:   AV 29.1559
References:   Object: P 14728
Lid.

Half of rim and flange and part of dome restored; top of knob missing.

Domed lid with horizontal flange, vertical rim. Hollow, pear-shaped knob. Red tongues on flange; black band at junction of flange and dome; red bead and reel with pink band above it on dome; another red band further up; horizontal black and red stripes on knob. Coarse, reddish yellow fabric (5YR 6/4) with abundant mica and black, red, and white inclusions; dull, chalk-white lime wash outside only (reacts with hydrochloric acid).

Same red tongues appear on rim of P 11881 (N 19:1, upper fill [Group F]); cf. also 1560. Cf. Kübler and Gebauer 1942, col. 243, fig. 19 in col. 231.