Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1054 Chronology: | | Second quarter of the 4th century B.C. | Deposit: | | O 20 | Published Number: | | AV 30.1054 | References: | | Object: P 12975
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Pyxis, preserved except for attachment to stem of knob. Chip in rim. Glaze much abraded on underside. P.H. 0.031; diam. 0.071. Roberts, Pyxis, p. 117, cat. no. 3, pl. 72:1.
On concave side, laurel wreath to right. Below, tongue pattern.
Roberts (p. 117) says that this is a miniature pyxis Type C used as a knob for the lid of a pyxis Type A. For a similar knob, but for the lid of a pyxis Type B, see Berlin 2518 related by Rhode to the Group of the Drouot Painter (CVA, Berlin 1 [DDR 3], pl. 43 [154]:1).
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