Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1253
Chronology:   Ca. 440 B.C.
Deposit:   I 17:3
Published Number:   AV 30.1253
References:   Object: P 1073
Two non-joining fragments, a with much of rim and body, one handle, all of ring base; b is a wall fragment with start of handle. Three concentric circles with dot on underside of floor. Glaze slightly abraded on rim. H. of a) 0.125; est. diam. of rim 0.17; max. dim. b) 0.049. L. Talcott, Hesperia 4, 1935, p. 491, fig. 13.

Only fragment a gives the figured decoration. A (illustrated), woman to right, holding a box. She has a sakkos on her head and wears a chiton and himation. Behind her hangs a fillet; in front of her on the ground is a box. B, man (head and shoulders missing) standing frontally, dressed in a himation. Next to him on the ground at the left is a box. At each handle, palmettes and spirals (A/B illustrated). Fragment b preserves a spiral and is from the area to left of the missing handle. Below, reserved line. Preliminary sketch. Dilute glaze: decoration on box and sakkos.

Namepiece of the Group of Agora P 1073 (ARV2 1304, 2).