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One-third of wall and rim missing.
Angular foot; broad, beveled resting surface; convex underside with nipple. Deep body, straight wall with offset at top. Rim convex on top, with ridge at inner edge ... Cf. also Samothrace III, ii, no. 64.308, pp. 214--215 (saucer stamped ΘΕΩΝ; for a discussion of the practice of marking bowls with this designation at Samothrace, see Samothrace II, ii, pp. 29--36). |
Stamped Plate.
Part of foot and floor.
Ring foot. Stamp on floor, not centered: ligature of the letters ΘΕΟΥ in oval field. Light brown fabric (7.5YR 6/4) with very little mica; metallic black glaze ... Context of late 1st century B.C. to early 1st century after Christ ... Vessels stamped Θ, ΘΕ, and ΘΕΩΝ are known from Samothrace (Samothrace II, ii, nos. 98--102, 113, pp. 70--71, 74; McCredie 1965, pp. 115--116, pl. 35:a, b). ... It is thought that these vessels were specially ordered from the manufacturer for use in rituals at the site (Samothrace II, ii, pp. 22, 32). Our stamp may identify the piece as the property of a single divinity and thus apparently not destined for Samothrace; it may then constitute evidence for another sanctuary that followed the same practice. |
Shallow outcurved rim, nearly flat on top; ring foot, roughly rounded.
1808 and 1809 give the shape and the rim profile characteristic for the last quarter of the 5th century and into the early 4th century ... Context ca. 425-400 B.C ... A parallel for the shape is an inscribed example, 48. 476, from Samothrace, where fragments from similar lekanai have also been found; cf. Hesperia, XIX, 1950, pl. 11, fig. 30 a and b (Lehmann); XXIV, 1955, p. 97 and pl. 39, 7 (Lehmann); Samothrace, 2, II, p. 48 and pl. 2, 9, dated too early. |
Left to right. -ΑΕ
Perhaps a ligature combining alpha and epsilon.
For graffito ligatures in general, see Karl Lehmann, Samothrace 2, II, The inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects, New York, 1960, ... For graffito ligatures in general, see Karl Lehmann, Samothrace 2, II, The inscriptions on Ceramics and Minor Objects, New York, 1960, p.30, note 18. |
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