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
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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.
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