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376 MARIO IOZZO
Findspot: Potters' Quarter (Trench S.5), from the
area between the Circular South Shrine and Tower
1 of the city walls.74 36 was not found in a chronologically
significant context. There are only a few
elements which help us to date it: First, on the basis
of analogous examples, the rim's conformation leads
us in general to the Classical period. Second, we
must take into account that apart from sporadic finds
of the Roman period, the entire complex of the Potters'
Quarter offers us no evidence of occupancy and
patronage after the end of the 4th century B.C.75 This
can be considered the terminus ante quem for 36.
5th or 4th century B.C.
37. Bowl fragment Fig. 2, P1. 68
P 29988. H. 0.045, W. 0.106, est. D. ca. 0.52, Th.
0.016. Handle: H. 0.022, L. 0.047.
Slightly impure, reddish yellow clay (5YR 7/8)
with fine, predominantly red inclusions; fine, very
pale brown slip (1OYR 7/4). A small part of the
original circumference is preserved; chipped and
slightly cracked surface.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous lip;
horizontal top. The vertical, outer side of the lip is
modeled with two groups of three ridges of varying
height, separated by a flat band; on this band and
over the innermost ridges a ribbon-lug handle is ap-
plied. Alternately brown and dark red bands cover
the first and third ridges in each group, leaving the
central one unpainted. The uppermost red band
reaches the outer edge of the top; the lowermost
brown band reaches the underside of the lip. The
handle articulations have been painted similarly in
red and brown.
Findspot: Athenian Agora, well northwest of the
Stoa Basileios,76 which has yielded material for the
most part dated to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.77
5th or 4th century B.C.
38. Bowl fragment Fig. 2, P1. 68
CP-81. H. 0.051, W. 0.096, rest. D. 0.623, Th.
0.02. Handle: H. 0.025, rest. L. 0.055.
Impure, pink clay (7.5YR 7/4), predominantly
red inclusions; thin, very pale brown slip (1OYR
8/4), confined to the outer surface. A small part of
the original circumference and about one third of
the handle are preserved; chipped and abraded
surface.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous,
slightly inward slanting lip; flattened top. The side
of the lip is modeled with two groups of three ridges
of varying height, separated by a central space; in
this space and over the innermost ridges a ribbon-lug
handle is applied. Wide bands alternately of brown
and dark red cover the ridges and handle articula-
tions. The central ridges in each group are unpaint-
ed; the uppermost brown band reaches the outer
edge of the rim top, and the lowermost red band par-
tially covers the underside of the lip. The ridges are
not evenly painted, and there are paint dribbles
around the handle.
Findspot unknown.
5th or 4th century B.C.
39. Bowl fragment Fig. 2, P1. 68
Lot: Well 1936-10:2. H. 0.052, W. 0.126, rest. D.
0.615, Th. 0.012. Handle: H. 0.022, L. 0.055.
Impure, pink clay (5YR 8/4) with predomi-
nantly gray inclusions; thin layer of pink slip
(5YR 8/4) confined to the outside. A small part of
the original circumference is preserved; slightly
eroded surface, chipped on the handle.
Overhanging rim, articulated with pendulous,
slightly inward slanting lip; convex top. The side of
the lip is modeled with two groups of three ridges of
varying height, separated by a central space; in this
space and over the innermost ridges a ribbon-lug
handle is applied. Wide bands of alternately brown
and dark red cover the ridges and handle articula-
tions. The central ridge of each group is unpainted;
the uppermost brown band reaches the edge of the
rim top, and the lowermost red band partially covers
the underside of the lip. The ridges are rather pre-
cisely painted, but there is paint dribbled on the
handle.
74 For the location of the area explored during the 1931 campaign, see Corinth XV, i, pp. 31-34, 56, pls. 8:
B-D and 51; Corinth XV, ii, pl. 60.
7 Corinth XV, i, p. 4; Corinth VII, iii, pp. 202-203, no. 18.
76 Agora XII, fig. 25, H 4:5.
7 T. L. Shear, Jr., "The Athenian Agora: Excavations of 1972," Hesperia 42, 1973, pp. 359-407, esp.
p. 392.