Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 1386 Dimensions: | | P.H. 8.0. | Chronology: | | 200-175? | Deposit: | | A--B 19--20:1 | Published Number: | | AV 29.1386 | References: | | Object: P 15260
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Pegasos.
Nose, ears, wings, lower body, and chalice missing.
Horse holds head very erect. Mane is accented with paint.
Horse trappings visible on head: round pellet on forehead decorated with painted cross; round pellet on either cheek. Painted spearhead necklace around neck, with incised zigzag attaching pendants to band, and dots at tips of pendants perhaps originally white. Two beaded ridges around lower part of neck may be additional harness. Wings attached at shoulder. Indistinct vertical and diagonal ridges below wings. Shiny brown-to-red glaze inside and outside.
Cf. BCH 97, 1973, p. 255, fig. 10 on p. 257.
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