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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1961 ΝΑΚ 444

Category

Vessel

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

3rd-2nd cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.13 m
Diameter: 0.154 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 3, No 81

Description
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It was the commonest cooking ware throughout antiquity. Found in 1961 during the excavation of the Angelopoulos plot to the south of the Acropolis, this pot is mended from many fragments and restored.

It is round-bottomed so it could be placed over a brazier, the body is bulbous, the handles vertical and the rim outturned. Brown-red paint covers the pot surface, different parts of which are burnt due to its direct contact with flames. Narrow and shallow grooves run around the body, most probably securing the vessel’s safer handling when it was washed or moved.

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