Miniature lidded lopas

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Inventory number

ΝΜΑ 410

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

300-275 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.03 m
Rim diameter: 0.08 m
Base diameter: 0.03 m
Height: lid 0.025 m
Lid diameter: 0.023 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, underfloor case display

Description
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Miniature lidded lopas mended from many fragments. It was unearthed in 2000 during the Makrygiannis plot excavation in a foundation ritual pit beneath the floor of House Λ (foundation ritual ΝΜΑ 16).

It is almost flat-bottomed with imprints of the string dragged under the vessel in order to remove it from the potter’s wheel. The body is deep with rounded walls and the up-swung ribbon handle is attached to the rim. The ridge around the inner rim is for the lid which is conical with knob handle. The whole pot retains fire traces.

Ελευθεράτου, Σ. (επιμ.), Το Μουσείο και η Ανασκαφή. Ευρήματα από τον χώρο ανέγερσης του Νέου Μουσείου της Ακρόπολης, Αθήνα, 2006, σελ. 55, εικ. 124, αρ. κατ. 124β