Fr. a: cf. BussièreWohl2017, Getty Lamps on-line, no. 164 (identified as southern Anatolian [on what grounds?], Augustan-Claudian)
Comparanda
Fr. a: cf. DélosXXVI, p. 124, no. 4580, pl. 29 (“Italienne“, beginning 1st century CE; P. Bruneau)
Comparanda
Fr. b: cf. AgoraVII, p. 74, no. 20, pl. 1 (handle ornament with “black glaze“; “Eastern Aegean area“ first half 1st century CE)
Comparanda
Fr. b: sim. DélosXXVI, pp. 89-91, 92, nos. 4219, 4230, pl. 1 (similar forms in rose fabric with red slip; P. Bruneau identified as Late Hellenistic-Early Roman “pergaménienne“)
Comparanda
Fr. b: sim. PergamonXIII, pp. 102, 108, nos. 55, 130, pls. 2, 4 (“pergamenisch“, dated first half 1st century CE and early 1st century CE; A. Heimerl)
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: pinkish pale red; fine, varied tiny black and white bits, slightly micaceous. Hard, consistent firing. Thick, even, semiglossy slip, orangish red. Western Asia Minor.
Preservation description
Three small sherds, two joining sherds (fr. a) preserve ca. 40% of left shoulder with adjacent discus and base of volute handle, and one preserves small part of foliate handle ornament (fr. b). Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and minor shipping; slip in good condition; worn breaks; uncommon to common specks of encrustation.
