Card/Transcription No.: 589a

589, A. BASKET (OF BOTTLE OR ARYBALLOS-SHAPE)
(See Nos. 364, 451)

POSITION:    
South end of chamber with a round basket (see 589) - (see photo
1150).

DIMENSIONS:  
DIAM. at base 19.0; H. 26.0, cents.

CONTENTS:    
Empty (probably grapes).

DESCRIPTION: -
A basket of aryballos bottle form, with lip, neck, shoulder and
conic belly with flat bottom.
The technique is similar in every way to No. 357.
The ornament represents a series of <> which suggests the
supports to a vineyard.

There were three of this class (Nos. 364, 451) two of which
contained grapes.