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Running spiral design with crosses in angles. Heavy projecting molding above.
Russet micaceous clay.
Note: the general context was late 4th c. B.C., but it included ... 25 August 1953 ... Russet micaceous clay.
Note: the general context was late 4th c. |
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. |
Mended and complete. Glaze abraded on one handle. H. 0.065; diam. at rim 0.19; diam. of tondo 0.106; diam. of foot 0.08. Themelis, Agora: Guide, fig. opp. p. 62; M. Lang, Socrates in the Agora (Agora Picture ... Ca. 500 B.C ... See the general discussion by G. ... Vermeule, Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry, Berkeley 1979, p. 160 and p. 246, note 21; and the abstract of a paper read by Ann Steiner at the annual convention of the AIA in December 1982 (AJA 87, 1983, p. 261).
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