Inventory Number: | P 6337 | |
Section Number: | Γ 2063 | |
Title: | Basin | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Partly restored in plaster. None of the rim preserved. A deep bowl of very heavy fabric, on a low base; across the middle inside is a rectangular tunnel with a section taken out at the middle, leaving two mouths facing each other; holes through the wall of the basin, one above the tunnel, another between its facing mouths. On the outside, two horizontal half-moon handles applied to side, on the axis of the tunnel rather than the axis of the pot. Coarse red clay with grits; white slip. ADDENDA Lower spout surrounded by a lip. Upper spout has traces of some thickening to righ and below. Probably a foot bath. For Syrian analogies, both ancient (8th.-9th. c. B.C.) and modern, cf. PEFQ, (Oct. 1932), p. 179 ff. and pl. I, figs. 1-3. | |
Context: | Cistern. Lower, Hellenistic fill. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 6-240 | |
PD Number: | PD 901-66, PD 902-67, PD 901-68 (all missing) | |
Dimensions: | Diam. 0.509, (foot) 0.272; P.H. 0.218 | |
Date: | 22 May-6 June 1935 | |
Section: | Γ | |
Grid: | Γ:88/ΛΔ | |
Deposit: | E 14:1.2 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Agora XXXIII, no. 324, fig. 54, pl. 44. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:PEFQ, (Oct. 1932), p. 179 ff. and pl. I, figs. 1-3. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XXXIII Drawing: PD 3015-564 (DA 7199) Images (7) Deposit: E 14:1 Deposit: E 14:1.2 Card: P 6337 |