Agora Object: P 22672
Inventory Number:   P 22672
Section Number:   Γ 2688
Title:   Mug Handle with Relief Decoration
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Two joining fragments preserve most of the handle, including its lower end. A vertical band handle, moldmade with relief decoration on the outer surface: a herringbone pattern vertically on either side of two central ridges; vertical ridges across full width of handle at lower end.
Fine hard reddish clay. Slightly lustrous reddish glaze.
Cf. P 22221.
ADDENDA Handle, probably of piriform mug with applied decoration. North African ("Late Roman Red"), ca. 200-250 A.D. [JWH].
Context:   Pithos.
Notebook Page:   126, 1199-1200
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.077; W. 0.014
Date:   1 March 1934
Section:   Γ
Grid:   Γ:95/ΙΣΤ
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Hayes (1972), p. 199.
    Agora XXXII, no. 1223, pl. 59.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:P 22221
References:   Publication: Agora XXXII
Card: P 22672