Agora Object: P 985
Inventory Number:   P 985
Section Number:   ΣΤ' 446
Title:   Black Glaze Amphora Lid Fragment
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Originally identified as a vase:
Mouth broken away. Small globular vase; high stem finished smooth; no base; the stem is now pierced through from top to bottom; may have been attached to a base.
Fine pinkish-buff clay. Dull black glaze.
ADDENDA Subsequently identified as a knob of an amphora lid. Cf. JHS 31 (1911), p. 276, fig. 1, and p. 277, I (Berlin Painter's name piece, Berlin 2160, has a lid which is black, with pomegranate-shaped knob).
Context:   Square well.
Negatives:   Leica, 82-453
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.064; H. 0.06
Date:   13 June 1932
Section:   ΣΤ'
Grid:   ΣΤ':76/ΚΘ
Elevation:   -3.40m.
Masl:   -3.4m.
Deposit:   I 17:2
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora XII, no. 10, pl. 1.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:JHS 31 (1911), p. 276, fig. 1, and p. 277, I.
References:   Publication: Agora XII
Publication Page: Agora 12.2, s. 27, p. 400
Image: 2012.56.0468 (82-453)
Object: Agora XII, no. 10
Deposit: I 17:2
Card: P 985