 IAA Number: 2015-114
 | Object's Name: Base Bowl Decorated in Relief, Medallion, Tyche (?), Head to right; inscription, Turreted bust to right, Semi-Divine/Divine Figure, Inscribed, Greek, Asia Minor (?), Europa (?), Slipped Red
Period: Hellenistic
Material: Pottery
Site: Maresha, T.
Diameter: 4 cm
Description: Second Century BCE.
A head of a goddess (Tyche or Demeter) wearing a crown with three
towers, maybe a symbol of the patron goddess of the city. The
inscription around the head (on the left- KIP and on the right- BEI )
implies that the vessel comes from the workshop of Kirbeis, which was
located in the Black Sea shores.
Bibliography: Stern I. and Alpert B. 2014. "Pottery and miscellaneous small finds" in: I. Stern (ed.) The Excavations of Maresha: Subterranean Complex 57: The 'Heliodorus' Cave. BAR (IS) 2652: 9- 28, Fig. 3.43.
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