Chips of lip missing; otherwise intact. Flat bottom; squat body; neck and body merge; round mouth with thickened lip. Two horizontal and six vertical lines in dull red glaze.
Clay brownish. Pale slip ... May 1938
Hole in shoulder; minor fractures. Body tapers to pointed bottom; narrow neck, flaring lip; ridged handle.
A black dipinto (palimpsest?):
Streaks of glaze on shoulder.
ADDENDA Sparta series [JWH] ... May 1938
It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft. Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 ... POU 1st c. and 5th-6th c. A.D.
Section Ψ Season of 1938 ... Eugene Vanderpool ... Finds from Section Ψ span from Turkish down to the Neolithic and Geometric times. Several wells and cisterns from various periods were found and explored. The most extensive remains in the section belong ... 24 Jan-18 Jun 1938
