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372 MARIO IOZZO
towards the end of the 6th or beginning of the 5th
century B.C.
Ca. 500 B.C.
27. Bowl fragment P1. 66
C-53-92. H. 0.04, W. 0.133, rest. D. 0.503, Th.
0.013.
Brann, p. 366, no. 66b, fig. 5.
Slightly impure clay, pink (5YR 7/3) at the
core, with predominantly red inclusions; fine, red-
dish yellow slip (7.5YR 7/6) with numerous ter-
racotta particles. A small part of the original cir-
cumference is preserved; slightly eroded surface.
Overhanging rim, articulated with a pendulous, in-
ward slanting lip; slightly convex top. The side of the
lip is modeled with five flattened ridges of varying
height.
Findspot: Forum Southwest, Well 1953-1
(T-U:2), in the area of Building III ("Tavern of
Aphrodite") in well fill which is very likely coeval
and dated 600-540 B.C.67
Ca. 540 B.C.
28. Bowl fragment Fig. 1, P1. 66
P 14206. H. 0.039, W. 0.066, est. D. ca. 0.56, Th.
0.09. Stamp: H. 0.015, W. 0.06.
Agora XII, no. 1863, p. 367, pl. 89.
Reddish yellow clay (5YR 6/6) with predomi-
nantly red inclusions; yellow slip (1OYR 8/6). A
small part of the original circumference is pre-
served; chipped surface. Worn matrix.
Rim articulated with a pendulous lip which perhaps
slanted outwards; slightly convex top. The side of the
convex lip is subdivided into two bands separated by
a flat fillet and decorated with leaf-shaped impres-
sions made with a three-pointed punch.
Findspot: street packing along the northeastern
slopes of the Areopagus in Athens. The fragment
was found in a context dated from the late 6th to the
beginning of the 5th century B.C.68
Ca. 500 B.C.
67 See footnote 42.
29. Bowl fragment Fig. 1, P1. 67
P 26226. H. 0.05, W. 0.272, rest. D. 0.58, Th.
0.02. Stamp: H. 0.08, W. 0.015.
Agora XII, no. 1864, p. 367, pl. 89.
Very pale brown clay (1OYR 7/3) at the core
with predominantly gray inclusions; reddish yel-
low slip (7.5YR 7/6). About one fifth of the orig-
inal circumference is preserved in three joining
fragments; chipped surface. Worn matrix.
Overhanging rim, articulated with a pendulous lip;
slightly convex top. On the side of the lip, three
ridges border two bands decorated with deep, leaf-
shaped impressions made with a punch of five rows
of points; the marks of the impressions form a relief
decoration.
Findspot: Athenian Agora, Room X of the "Cen-
tral House" on the northeastern slopes of the Are-
opagus. The bowl fragments were found in a burned
heap (29 also presents traces of scorching on the out-
side) with material dated before 480 B.C.69
30. Fragmentary bowl P1. 67
P 12751. H. 0.075, W. 0.415, rest. D. 0.65, Th.
0.02.
Agora XII, no. 1859, p. 367, fig. 16.
Impure, reddish yellow clay (7.5YR 7/6) with
predominantly gray inclusions of varying dimen-
sions; fine, yellow slip (1OYR 7/6) confined to the
outer side of the rim and to the edge of the interior.
The remainder of the interior is covered by a thin
layer of gray and red grit mixed with a few bits of
pinkish gray terracotta (7.5YR 7/2). About one
fourth of the original circumference is preserved
in ten joining fragments; eroded, chipped surface.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous,
slightly inward slanting lip; convex top. The side of
the lip is modeled with two groups of three ridges
separated by a central space. Wide bands alternately
of dark red and brown cover the ridges, leaving the
central ones unpainted; the uppermost red band and
the lowermost brown band reach the outer edge of
the rim top and the underside of the lip, respectively.
68 Agora XII, p. 395, N-P 20:1, a.
69 Agora XII, p. 394, L-M 18-19:1; H. A. Thompson, "Activities
in the Athenian Agora: 1958," Hesperia
28, 1959 (pp. 91-108), pp. 98-105; H. A. Thompson and R. E. Wycherley, The Athenian Agora, XIV, The
Agora of Athens, Princeton 1972, pp. 177-180.