Agora Object: P 15891
Inventory Number:   P 15891
Section Number:   ΓΓ 556
Title:   Plate
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Fragmentary; about a quarter preserved; the profile complete to within the foot-ring. Restored in plaster. Low plate with broad flat floor; heavy plain ring foot, plain turned up rim. On floor, traces of two wheel-run grooves and an oval stamp with obscure device (one of five?).
Soft pinkish -brown clay, slightly micaceous, fine texture. Thick dark red lustreless glaze almost entirely peeled off. Traces of burning on floor. Surfaces very much worn.
Possibly Pergamene; shape and floor ornament suggest this, but the clay is unusual.
Context:   Well.
Negatives:   Leica
PD Number:   PD 1171-169, PD 1172-10
Dimensions:   H. 0.043; Diam. (lip) 0.288
Date:   11 May 1939
Section:   ΓΓ
Grid:   ΓΓ:51/ΜΣΤ
Elevation:   -0.01 to -0.65m.
Masl:   -.65--.01m.
Deposit:   F 19:6
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora XXXII, no. 20, fig. 2.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXII
Drawing: PD 1171-169 (DA 8905)
Deposit: F 19:6
Card: P 15891
Card: P 15891