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.
Storage: Study Collections-Case No. 143-1
Negatives: Leica, 82-453
Dimensions: Diam. 0.064; H. 0.06
Date Of Discovery: 13 June 1932
Section: ΣΤ'
Grid: ΣΤ':76/ΚΘ
Elevation: -3.40m.
Longitude: 23.722439
Latitude: 37.973825
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.