Shape resembles early small Agora M334 (late 5th century), not Saraçhane 15 (early-mid-6th century)
Description
Cylindrical body at shoulders, which slope steeply inward. Slightly conical neck up to high overhanging rim with rounded lip, convexity in middle, and sharp flaring lower margin. Two handles attach at shoulder and lower-middle rim. Handles oval in section with central peak between wide grooves on upper/outer face. Ridging on extant body starts under handle.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale orangish red fabric, fired slightly more pale and red at surface; hard, medium coarse; granular break; common, small, somewhat well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly subrounded to spherical: common lime or other calcarous chunks; uncommon to common, dark (red, gray) and light (many quartzitic) bits. Southern Phoenician.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 35% of rim, much of neck, two handles, and most of shoulder. Sparse, moderate chipping around edges and handle; extensive slight abrasion; wide patches of thin encrustation.
