Agora Object: P 3559
Inventory Number:   P 3559
Section Number:   Β 590
Title:   Vessel with Dipinto: Official Measure and Stamped
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Κυλινδρικό δοχείο - μέτρο στερεών με επιγραφή ΔΕΜΟΣΙΟΝ. Φέρει κεφαλή Αθηνάς, δίσωμη γλαύκα και επιγραφή ΑΘΕ 350 - 300 π.Χ.
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Mended from many pieces; a good bit of the floor missing, and a few fragments from the rim and sides, also the handles. The dimensions, the inscription, and both stamps complete. <graphic>
A cylindrical vessel, with a flat slightly raised foot. At the top, a broad band of glaze, fired black to red, below which is painted the inscription, the letters evenly spaced around the pot. Between the Μ and Ο, the Athena stamp; between the Ν and Δ, the owl, set sideways. The interior rather rough. At the top, and running and spattering toward the bottom, black to red glaze. At the lip inside, three marks of attachment, evenly spaced about the circumference, for handles. The outside surface finished with a transparent glaze wash.
Cf. Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 111 and n. 15.
ADDENDA For the handle cf. a similar bronze measure of Roman times, Cagnat and Chapot (1916), Man.d'Arch.rom. II, pp. 266-267, fig. 499.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Δοχείο - επίσημο μέτρο στερεών. Αποτελείται από αρκετά συνενούμενα τμήματα. Διακρίνεται η επιγραφή "ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΝ" και παράσταση της Αθηνάς με μία δίσωμη κουκουβάγια.
Context:   Well.
Handling:   protect from vibration and impact
Negatives:   Leica, 4-226, 4-247, 4-248, 5-242, XXXIV-19, XXXIX-50, 88-454, color slide
PD Number:   PD 1132-3, Ptg. 181, Ptg. 241
Dimensions:   D. (inside) 0.1275; Diam. (inside) 0.139
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   16-17 April 1934
Section:   Β
Grid:   Β:15/ΛΔ
Elevation:   -8.40m.
Masl:   -8.4m.
Deposit:   F 11:2
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), p. 147, 165, fig. 86.
    Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 23, fig. 17.
    Papadopoulos et al. (2007), p. 173, figs. 152A, B.
    AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), p. 31, fig. 37, frontpage.
    Mango (2003), p. 75, fig. 1.
    Guide (1990), p. 243, fig. 147.
    Camp (1986), p. 127.
    Travlos (1971), fig. 700.
    Brumbaugh (1966), p. 86, ill.
    Guide (1962), p. 166.
    AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig. 17.
    Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 165, fig. 98.
    Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 346.
    ILN (2 June 1934).
    Agora X, no. DM 44.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Hesp. 18 (1949), p. 111 and n. 15.
    Agora:Object:Cagnat and Chapot (1916), pp. 266-267, fig. 499.
References:   Publications (5)
Publication Page: Agora 29.1, s. 488, p. 449
Publication Page: Agora 29.1, s. 562, p. 523
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Images (66)
Deposit: F 11:2
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Card: P 3559
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