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Aegium (?) ... Caracalla ... AE [letters] Bust of young Emperor AIGIE[WN] Poseidon to left standing r.; with scepter and dolphin; Athena to right; with spear and shield Letters Countermark on obverse under ear Panayia; Robbing trench ... AD 198 - AD 217 ... Bust of young Emperor |
Complete but slightly cracked.
Rounded bottom. Unusually low and squat profile. Handle arches high above rim. Red cooking fabric (2.5YR 4/8) with fine mica, coarse sand-size quartz and lime, and voids ... 325-300 ... H. 6.5; Diam. 10.1. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Three fragments, probably from the same inscription.
Dedication to Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
Fragment Ω 2 a), rough picked back and left side with double moulding preserved ... a) (Ω 2) 6 October 1937
b) (Ω 46) 24 November 1937
c) (Ω 47) 25 November 1937 ... Agora XVIII, no. C222, pl. 20 ... Agora XVIII, no. H318, pl. 29. |
Nozzle and front part of top preserved.
Mold made. Obscure design: dolphins (?) on rim.
Small filling hole encircled by raised ring.
Dull black glaze.
Soft buff clay.
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, ... 23 July-2 August 1947 ...
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth |
Handle.
Handle plate, upper part of handle, and part of wall preserved.
Vessel probably contracted in to a neck, then flared out to rim.
Broad, flaring handle plate with concave sides, a dolphin leaping ... Max. p. dim. 6.2; L. of plate 3.7, W. of plate 4.4. |
| Type 21 C; Curved Rims; Long Wide Nozzles. Broneer, Corinth, Vol. IV, Part II, Terracotta Lamps, Type IV. Type 21 B; Curved Rims; Raised Bases. Hesperia, I, 1932, p. 133, fig. 20. Hesperia, XVIII, 1949, ... Agora 4 48 L 3160 L 1212 L 3133 L 3161 H 12:11 B 15:1 H 12:6 ... 4th quarter of 5th B.C.-well into early years of 4th B.C ... H 12:6 |
| Corinth ... Caracalla ... AE MAVRELIVONC[SA]RA.. Bust of young Emperor facing r.; draped COR CL[- in exergue Round temple with three columns each side; Melicertes within lying on dolphin in front of tree; trees to left and right ... AD 198 - AD 217 ... 6 |
Inscribed fragment of grave stone.
Right margin and bottom (?) preserved.
The surface slightly toothed.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in the wall of the modern houses 650β/2, ... 18 December 1936 ... Agora XVIII, no. C201. |
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