Object: P 22156
Inventory Number:   P 22156
Section Number:   Τ 1268
Title:   Vessel Fragment with Sgraffito Decoration
Category:   Pottery
Description:   A curious Π-shaped piece of pottery with edges broken all around, but parts of glazed surfaces on every face, except along break in side. Triangular handle?
Lion's head facing, in medallion on broad top; guilloche-pattern on end below lion. On other end, glazed surface below, broken projection above. Concave sides glazed.
Reddish-brown clay. Colorless to pale yellow glaze. Excellent sgraffito technique.
Context:   Turkish fill on line of Areopagus Street.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.057; P.H. 0.039; P.W. 0.035
Date:   26 March 1952
Section:   Τ
Period:   Byzantine
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 7 (1961), title page.
References:   Publication: AgoraPicBk 7 (1961)
Card: P 22156