Wide, almond-shaped outline. Oval, slightly concave discus has cross in low relief crowded inside sharp raised rim, large central filling hole, and wide and straight channel to wickhole. Relief depicts Greek cross with flaring arms, raised outline, two pellets inside each arm, three pellets around ends of arms, and arc-ing line between upper arms (at least). Shoulder has inward-sloping groove with distinct rims and palm branch in relief. Long, rounded nozzle. Tall, thick, rounded, knob-like to fin-like handle attaches to circular base ring by low ridge. Base ring around uncertain figure in raised, thick band (relief branch?).
Fabric, firing, surface
7.5YR 7/3, pink, to 10YR 5/2, grayish brown. General qualities of the Late Corinthian red fabric but hard, dense, gritty to sandy; brick-like. Heavily fired with variable discoloration across most of surface and partial vitrification at one shoulder.
Preservation description
Four joining fragments preserve 75% of discus and shoulder, entire handle, and 50% of base. Slight, sparse abrasion; clean breaks; traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 798-799, 897-898, no. 476, fig. 19.53
Broken and displaced during looting. Fragments of discus and handle: upper fill under rock packing. Fragments of shoulder: lower fill in northwest corner of cist.
