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One-third of rim and parts of wall restored.
Groove in resting surface only partly scraped and outer edge of resting surface scraped; concave underside. Low stem. Shiny black glaze ... 315-300 ... Young 1951b, no. 12:2, p. 128, pl. 53:c |
About half of rim restored.
Flat resting surface; abrupt transition from foot to slightly pointed underside. Convex wall with pronounced offset below rim. Narrow rim slopes down to inside. Thin, dull ... Ca. 300 ... Offset of wall as on 791, 792, P 20144 (Young 1951b, no. 12:5, p. 128, pl. 53:c [B 17:5]), P 6967 (D--E 8--9:1). |
Mended from fifteen fragments, with small pieces missing; burned.
Slightly raised base with string marks. Wall slightly concave.
Handles tightly folded. Hard, light reddish brown fabric (5YR 6/4); handles ... 325-300 ... Nearly identical: P 28559 (from same pyre), P 20146 (Young 1951b, no.
12:7, p. 128, pl. 53:c [B 17:5]). |
| Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear.
Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck.
Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period ... Thompson's account attached to the card:
Found in the S.E. corner of the east stoa of the Commercial Agora, immediately north of the Church of the Holy Apostles, in a level of the second half of the 3rd c. A.D.
The head is worked with a short tenon for insertion in a draped statue. ... The head is that of a young woman, slightly turned to the proper right; the widely opened eyes and the slightly parted lips give an alert expression.
... Leica, LIII-53, LIII-54, LIII-55, color slide |
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