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20.42T. 1907(under street no. 2)Dromos, +sherd 65 ofEast chamber.Jug in "base-ring" ceramic. Earth fired light red, with grey core in the body, fairly fine, fairly hard, fairly resonant, fairly light, porous. Visible abundant temper: fine to medium white grains, (1/2 to 1 mm c.), grey grains and (drawing) medium red (around 1 mm). Visible especially on the surface where the slip is worn. Made by hand in four parts. Boss at the interior of the neck at the handle attachment. Neck scraped vertically. Slip unusually thick for "basering", especially on the neck. Applied horizontally on the neck, vertically on the body. Lustrous in its light parts. Red on the neck and the front part of the body, black to black-brown elsewhere. Flaked and worn in places. Shape: flared ring base with profile curved. Elongated pear-shaped body with very sloping shoulder. Axis of the vessel very inclined towards the back. Neck slightly constricted towards the lower third, flared below the rim with strongly moulded lip. Strong flat handle, from the third bottom of the upper third of the
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain