| Inventory Number: | P 12490 | |
| Section Number: | Σ 1782 | |
| Title: | Amphora with Graffiti | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Description: | Intact except for chips from rim. Rounded bottom, irregular inverted pear-shaped body, high sloping shoulder. Thick short rounded handles from neck to shoulder. Body and shoulder covered with bands of horizontal grooves and ridges. Scratched on either side of shoulder: <graphic> Thick red slightly micaceous clay, covered with a thin light red wash. On upper parts of body and shoulders a buff slip. Out of mouth and down one side, either side of a handle, has flowed some dark substance, originally contained in the jug; another splash of this substance on front of jug: from waterproofing of the inside? | |
| Context: | Well. | |
| Negatives: | Leica | |
| Dimensions: | Diam. 0.198; H. 0.274 | |
| Date: | 18 April 1938 | |
| Section: | Σ | |
| Grid: | Σ:24/ΝΒ-ΝΓ | |
| Deposit: | P 9:2 | |
| Period: | Byzantine | |
| Bibliography: | Gunsenin (1990), p. 294, pl. LXXX/1a-c. | |
| References: | Deposit: P 9:2 Card: P 12490 Card: P 12490 |