Israel/Shephelah
Early Hellenistic, Middle H...
Subterranean Complex 169
The neck and shoulder of a jug with black paint recalls the shape of a jug from Paphos, attributed tot he Ivy Platter Group (Rotroff 2002: Fig. 4:5). Due to the large number of plates of Type 1 found in Alexandria, Morel suggested the existence of a workshop there (Morel 1995: 372), theory rejected by Rotroff on the basis of differences in fabric (2002: 101). The ivy garlands, common kraters and platters, indicate an interrelation between production centers in West Slope-style ceramics.
This fine-ware oinochoe, painted with ivy garlands in black on neck and shouler, is singular. Its decoration is the same as that of a pot from the Athribis kilns in Szymánska and Babraj 2004: 37, Fig. 15 on p. 37, open vessel with flat rim (height 29.3 cm) decorated with a scroll of ivy leaves on upper half; for shape see Południkiewicz 1992: 97, Fig. 3; Wodzińska 2010: 39 "Ptolemaic 33"; Ballet and Południkiewicz 2012: 101, Nos. 391-392, Pl. 43, 391 second half of third century and beginning of second century BCE, 392 thirrd century BCE, both fabric F XI 2; pp. 15-16, light brown clay, surfaces of the same color surfaces, slip rare, form resembling hydria, painted and also in fabric F XI (Pl. 45:398-401 on p. 283), No. 398 has a rim diameter of 15 cm. Rotroff 2002: Fig. 4:5 for same shape of vessel from Paphos (Hayes 1991: 6-7, Pl. 3:5, with white ivy scrolls), the vessel is attributed to the Ivy Platter Group by Rotroff (2002: 101).