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There are 69 objects for which Shape_description contains → shaped
13.10.20 Rounded rim, pear shaped body, flat base
14.9.52 Two fragments forming an irregular shaped piece from handle zone of three-handled jar, with the stump of broken handle.
2002.9.6 Heart shaped wooden frame emerging from tortoise shell with drum skin, with seven strings attached to a horizontal bar, with pegs for adjustment.
2006.12.95 Shaped like a very small aryballos, but seems unlikely to have been functional.
2007.4.11 Fragment is approximately rectangular shaped, but with a triangular addition to one side.
2007.4.112 Fragment is approximately pentagon shaped.
2007.4.113 Fragment is approximately hexagon shaped.
2007.4.70 Fragment is shaped like a trapezium.
2007.9.1.113 Egg shaped
2007.9.6 Vaguely pentagon shaped, with a very pronounced point on one side.
2008.7.11 Trapezium shaped body fragment
2008.7.116 Hexagonal shaped fragment with remnants of rim; remnants of handle base on exterior
2008.7.12 Trapezium shaped body fragment
2008.7.121 Triangular shaped handle fragment
2008.7.125 Oval shaped spout fragment
2008.7.133 Hammer-head shaped fragment, with one semi-circular face. Slopes up to a rim.
2008.7.168 Roughly triangular shaped fragment
2008.7.189 Irregularly shaped base fragment
2008.7.191 Pentagonal shaped fragment
2008.7.196 Pentagonal shaped fragment; horizontal curvature
2008.7.198 Pentagonal shaped fragment, possibly from a rim
2008.7.35 Irregularly shaped rim fragment; fragment is narrowest up near the rim, then broadens down towards the shoulder, and has broken off near the transition from shoulder to body. Possible point where handle was attached
2008.7.36 Irregularly shaped rim fragment; from rim down to just past the join of neck and shoulder.
2008.7.4 An almost pentagon shaped fragment preserving some of base and a steeply curved side.
2008.7.44 Triangular shaped rim fragment
2008.7.47 Triangular shaped fragment
2008.7.53 Squarish shaped fragment
2008.7.6 Pentagon shaped fragment, preserving part of a very slightly curved body.
2008.9.10 Roughly half-moon shaped plaster cast.
2008.9.3 Irregularly shaped fragment
2008.9.49 Roughly rectangular shaped rim fragment.
22.9.3 Cone shaped body. Vertical ring handles, ribbon. Broad duf-bottomed cap, spreading foot. Shallow depression inside in bottom (cf. CVA pl.19.1,2).
23.11.31K2 Hand holding a wreath comprised of triangular shaped elements
23.11.31XXXX Female wearing long skirts. The top of the figure is oddly shaped. The left arm extends down and slightly away from the side of the body, ending in a fork. The skirts are sashed at the waist, and are marked with long vertical lines ending at a wide hem with more widely spaced pairs of lines.
26.4.2 The handles are almost a rectangle shape, and are shaped to angle straight out from the edge of the Kylix, turning up slightly at the end.
26.7.1 Globular body with two 'ear' shaped ribbon handles, one on each side.
30.11.3 Tall, acorn shaped knob; gently sloping lid with vertical rim; underside impressed with faint spiral.
34.8.15A Doughnut shaped ring stand with hole in the middle for small vase (34.8.15B)to rest on.
44.6.1 Donut shaped body; rim turns in gradually; the remains of a ribbon handle protrude from one side of the rim; diagonal footring.
45.10.1 High, curved, thick, black handle which bends back on itself to attach to mouth and at the back to the lower part of the shoulder. At the mouth attachment are two moulded heads; spout has central channel and two ridges at moulded rim. The cylindrical neck becomes bell shaped in its lower part, and a ridge marks its attachment to the shoulder, which is slightly concave. Beyond the handle attachment is a flat rim, offset from the shoulder and, more sharply, from the body beneath it, which is upright but slightly convex. The very short ring foot, with broad resting surface, is as broad as the rim around the shoulder.
45.6.31 Neck amphora with wide mouth; long, wide neck; two vertical handles from top of rim to middle of body; donut shaped body slopes into thick stem; small, flat foot; flat resting surface and slightly raised underside.
48.12.9 Projecting rounded rim with a lip that is flat on the upper surface; ribbed vertical strap handle extending 1/3 down the length of the vessel; slender neck widening to a cucumber shaped body. Flat concave base, the underside of which is outlined with a groove.
48.5.1 Three knuckle-bone shaped handles with holes for suspension(?)Small ring foot.
49.8.5 Broad, flat rim; short strap handle; body shaped rather like a bombylios, with moulded rings; small ring foot; concave base.
49.8.6 Trefoil lipped; thin neck; thick strap handle curves down from back of lip to lower body; half-sphere shaped body; flat base.
50.4.13 Attic type skyphos (cf. Agora 12, no. 341) except for plain underside, size (somewhat smaller than Attic examples), and perhaps breadth of handles. Rounded rim, below which are two horizontal round handles, horseshoe shaped. Walls continuously curve into a deep bowl, divided from the short torus ring foot by a groove.
50.4.15 Rim curved slightly outwards. Inclining neck of roughly equal depth and diameter as bowl. Small vertical handles curving from rim to mid-section. Convex bowl. Torus (tyre shaped) foot with no stem.
51.4.8 The rim is slightly flared and the neck is short; a strap vertical handle curves down from the rim to the shoulder; two smaller, round, horizontal handles protrude from the upper side of the rounded and pear shaped body; the foot is small and flaring; the base is convex
56.8.5 Conical, almost acorn shaped knob sits on rounded ring; lid curves down to a ridge; broad, flat edge
58.2.4 Wide rim with bevelled lip. Long wide neck leading to a short and rounded body, base protrudes from body but has been damaged (during firing process ?). The handle attaches to the top of the body and then again at the join of the rim and the neck. There is a fork shaped spur which follows the curve of the handle and rim and then continues above the main body of the jug.
60.1.4A-B Pyxis: inverted rim slightly hanging over bulbous body; small, ring torus foot above a slight groove; convex underside Lid: Gently slopes up to stem and donut shaped knob.
60.8.2 Rim of the mouth is a little bit wonky, with a ridge on the flat top. Cylindrical short neck. Almost flat shoulder. A single rounded handle curves down to the shoulder from the rim, and two horizontal, horseshoe shaped handles emerge from the top of the body. Body tapers down to small torus foot
60.8.3A-B Lid: three tiered round knob with central, nearly conical well; short concave stem curving above and below into knob and lid; nearly flat lid tapering gently to a short vertical rim, rounded at both edges. The underside is slightly hollowed under the knob. Lekanis: shallow bowl with a short nearly vertical flange, rounded at the lip, straight but tapering walls, slightly carinated and narrowing, with convex lower portion, to a very short stem, on a rounded disk foot, with a flat resting surface, curved on the underside, with a rounded point at the centre. A wishbone handle rises from the top of the wall, on either side; a lug protrudes from either side of each handle. Ure 1960, 216 notes that what remains of the one handle indicates that it was pointed (wish-bone shaped) at the centre as well as rounded in section.
61.6.1.11 A solid, 'discus' shaped loomweight pierced at centre.
68.12.3 Pomegranate shaped knob, with small hole in the recess at the top, smoothly attached to a short stem, slightly concave, that spreads to a short domed lid, which in turn spreads to a flat rim with sharp beveled edge, slightly thicker underside, smoothly turned to a tapered flange with a rounded edge. Hollowed, round, smooth underside.
70.3.3 Ian McPhee describes it as a Kotyle rather than Skyphos type c (?). Tapering ring base, rounded at the bottom, from which the body rises in a sharp diagonal, curving sharply approximately at the halfway point, from which it rises near vertically and eventually flares slightly to a plain, rounded rim, just below which are attached two horse-shoe shaped handles, almost round in cross section.
73.6.1 Black-figure pot fragment shaped triangularly. One side consists of a slightly curved singular line, whereas the other side comprises of two straight lines that connect with each other when meeting midway. One end is tipped where the two sides meet, while the other end is a straight line in shape.
76.6.1 Trefoil lipped. Oval shaped body with single handle from mouth to back, with a curled over section at end. Flat base. Small round neck.
79.1.9 Deep circular body, small concave shoulder leading to large filling hole. Flat long nozzle with concave sides, a splayed tip and an irregular oval shaped wick hole. Large circular straight sided foot with a concave base.
83.2.4 Horn shaped fragment, with smooth outside. Pointed one end and moderately flat on the other.
83.2.5 Horn shaped fragment, with smooth outside. Pointed one end and moderately flat on the other.
91.11.1 Tall bottle with wide flanged lip; very long and narrow neck; stout conical shaped body with flat resting surface and slightly concave base.
91.12.3 Gourd shaped
E.23.16 Fish shaped, handle is tail, mouth is detailed, possibly a detailed eye, and a hole at the top edge. used for grinding pigments for make up.
E.23.22 Tumbler shaped cup, mouth is wide with no neck. Tapering to a pronounced, flat step-like foot.
E.23.23 Pear shaped jar with a pronounced lip, short neck, and pointed base, widest point has a ridge which is uneven.
E.62.19 Hammer shaped handle with a slit where the mirror sat in the top. The top parts are curved over. The handle is rounded and wider at the end.
E.63.17 Faience beads in half an oval shaped shell. Approximately 150 circular beads and 7 long beads (of varying lengths).
REDMG:1935.87.15 Plain rim with flat lip, just below which is attached a horseshoe shaped horizontal handle, slightly canted and rising to just above the rim;.flattened hemispherical body attached to a ring foot, rounded on the outer surface, with a flat resting surface, and curved interior wall, offset from pointed underside.
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