Agora Object: AP 2543
Inventory Number:   AP 2543
Title:   Deep Bowl: Monochrome
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Mycenaean, two handled cup in fragmentary condition.
Exterior decoration only, consisting of a reserved band with a red line through the middle, below the handles. The foot is also reserved.
Buff colored clay with red slip.
ADDENDA November 2017:
Frag. b) 1 rim fragment from Lot 479, Layer VII B (depth 9.30-10m).
ADDENDA 2018: Medium-sized deep bowl with flaring rim and two horizontal, round-section handles. The base is a pseudo-ring base, almost raised concave in form.
Monochrome painted on interior and exterior, fired fairly evenly deep red. Reserved bands are placed on the interior of the lip and two around the exterior of the lower body.
The exterior of the foot and the lowest portion of the bowl are reserved, as well as the underside of the base. The area beneath the handles is painted. Evidence for fairly extreme use-wear on the interior of the bowl and on the base indicating a long use life.
Furumark Shape: 285
Context:   Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 5. Aglaurion.
WA(1), III(2), IV(1), V(1), VII(1), IX(1), UK(3).
Notebook Page:   71
Dimensions:   H. 0.107; Diam. 0.144
H. 0.109; Diam. (rim) 0.145 (8%); Diam. (base) 0.052 (100%)
Chronology:   LH IIIC Middle
Date:   19-10 May 1937
9-11 June 1937
2-5 April 1938
Elevation:   5.50-6.70m
Bibliography:   Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 370, fig. 49,b.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 8 (1939)
Card: AP 2543