Fragmentary flat hull with a high post on the left rising with a slight outward inclination and ending in a bifurcation. The outer edge of the post has a downward pointing oblique line. Along the entire length of the hull there are vertical parallel lines which extend above (14 extant) and below (six extant). Entering from the right edge of the sherd is a thin horizontal line (yard?) as well as a thicker shorter parallel line attached to it underneath (furled sail ?).

Mountjoy remarks that the very straight sides and the small diameter of the vase suggest that the shape is a mug rather than a deep bowl. It finds a parallel from Miletus (Schiering 1960, pl. 72.2). The sherd has broken since the original illustration.

Wedde interprets the extant post as the stern half of the ship because of the first from the left slightly oblique vertical line which he reads as a steering oar. He argues that the oarsmen have been furthermore reduced to lines only, of which 13 are extant, with a reconstructed length of about 25 rowers. The vessel cannot be assigned with certainty to either type V (Skyros cluster) or VI (Tragana cluster). If the interpretation of a furled sail is correct, the ship has a loose-footed sail.

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