Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 433 Dimensions: | | H. 24.0; Diam. of body 18.8. | Chronology: | | Ca. 140 | Deposit: | | P 20:2 | Published Number: | | AV 29.433 | References: | | Object: P 28445
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One handle, most of rim, and large part of neck and body restored; foot chipped.
Slightly beveled resting surface; slightly pointed underside.
Downturned rim. Upper handle attachments flanked by knobs with orange and white asterisks. Relief slave mask from very worn mold at lower handle attachment. Neck: two pairs of antithetical leaping dolphins flanking white dot rosettes, with white asterisk in center and palmettes at sides; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of white dots between them.
Shoulder: five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center. Painted circle around upper handle attachment, olive garland around lower handle attachment.
Metallic black glaze on one side, red on other side, underside, and lower interior.
For garland around lower handle attachment cf. 428.
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