Agora Object: P 5872
Inventory Number:   P 5872
Section Number:   ΠΘ 128
Title:   Lekythos
Category:   Pottery
Description:   The lip missing and a piece of the base; otherwise intact. The shape somewhat as P 5863 (ΠΘ 116), but with the shoulder more sloping, and the handle attached lower down on the body. The foot and lower body glazed; as was the lip on top. The shoulder, neck and handle reserved. On the shoulder, above one band, three triangles, the center one crosshatched, the other two, checker pattern, separated by vertical stripes, the number varying. In one case, vertical zigzag between two pairs of stripes. Three bands around the neck.
Black to brown glaze, somewhat peeled.
ADDENDA P 5863: Round body, flaring ring foot, narrow neck, flaring circular lip; handle from below lip to shoulder.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Πρωτογεωμετρικό ληκύθιο. Λείπουν θραύσματα από το χείλος και τη βάση. Στο ύψος του ώμου, φέρει σύστημα παράλληλων εναλλασσόμενων γραμμώσεων.
Context:   Grave, S.W. of cistern A. Pot 7 on plan.
Negatives:   Leica, 5-197, 5-358, LVII-14, 84-349, color slide
PD Number:   Ptg. 102, PD 2774-29
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.047; P.H. 0.072
Date:   30 May 1935
Section:   ΠΘ
Grid:   ΠΘ:46/ΜΔ
Elevation:   Ca. -25.00m.
Masl:   -25m.
Deposit:   C 11:4
Period:   Protogeometric
Bibliography:   Desborough (1952), pp. 72, 74.
    Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 24, fig. 22.
    AJA 39 (1935), no. 4, p. 442.
    Agora XXXVI, no. T44-7, p. 320, figs. 2.221-2.222, pl. II.
References:   Publication: Agora XXXVI
Publication: Hesperia 5 (1936)
Drawing: DA 9952
Drawing: DA 10618
Images (6)
Deposit: C 11:4
Card: P 5872
Card: P 5872