Lid and about a quarter to a third of stand preserved; restored in plaster.
This curious object consists of an umbrella-like cover, with a wide vertical rim which overhangs the bluntly conical stand attached ... 28 May-16 June 1938 ... Finally, the "lid" were it detachable (and doubtless it had a detachable prototype) would correspond exactly to ancient descriptions of the τηλια, the chimney-cover, which prevented Philocleon from escaping by the smoke hole (Aristophanes, Wasps, 147).
