Object: Agora XII, no. 1685 | Chronology: | | Context ca. 340-325 B.C. | | Deposit: | | S 19:8 | | Published Number: | | AV 12.1685 | | References: | | Object: P 14255
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Broad ovoid jug on high heavy ring foot; the neck tapers to a lightly collared rim; strap handle from below collar. Light reddish clay, red to buff surfaces; unglazed.
Possibly a fractional container, like the Chiot lagynoi of the Hellenistic period. For the lagynos as a container see Grace, Amphoras, under SS 10259, fig. 50; B.S.A., XLIX, 1954, pp. 156-157 (Anderson).
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