Inventory Number: | SS 6917 | |
Section Number: | Ι 1017 | |
Title: | Stamped Amphora Handle: Mendean | |
Category: | SS Misc. | |
Description: | Identical in fabric and from similar, if not same amphora, are part of neck and rim with handle attachment and a toe; rim flares slightly with very sharp lip and is set off from neck by a deep groove. Coarse micaceous clay, buff to purplish pink, light slip; traces of red color on stamp and near it; inside pot heavily coated with pitch; body just above the toe is circled by a band of red paint. Circular stamp; a bearded, draped figure, his right arm outstretched, rides, reclining, on back of a mule to right. A dotted circle surrounds the whole. The coin-type of Mende in Chalcidice. Cf. also P 9247 (I 1031); also an amphora of the same shape and fabric, P 2375 (I 599); and a neck, from a third-fifth century context. | |
Notes: | Par: P 09247 (I 1031); P 02375 amph w/ same shape and fabric; neck from a 3c--5c BC cxt, P (?)* | |
Context: | Well; lower fill. | |
Writing: | bearde draped figure, his r. arm outstreched, rides reclining on back of a mule to r (in O) | |
Negatives: | Leica, 94-11-1(0) | |
Date: | 15-26 May 1937 | |
Section: | Ι | |
Grid: | Ι:2/ΣΤ | |
Elevation: | -6--12.5m. | |
Masl: | -12.5--6m. | |
Deposit: | R 13:1.2 | |
Bibliography: | Lawall (1995), pp. 117, 336, 344. | |
Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), no. 1, Pl. 20. | ||
References: | Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949) Image: 2013.04.9134 Image: 2013.04.9136 Image: 2012.80.0384 (94-11-1) Deposit: R 13:1 Deposit: R 13:1.2 Card: SS 6917 Card: SS 6917 |