Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 344 | Chronology: | | Probably third quarter of the 5th century B.C. | | Deposit: | | K 16 | | Published Number: | | AV 30.344 | | References: | | Object: P 23524
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Wall fragment with start of rim. Reserved line on inside. Glaze has a brownish cast. Max. dim. 0.105.
Capital of Doric column with key pattern to left, painted on the neck. On top of the abacus, bottom of four triglyphs with mutules. To right of column about opposite the neck:
On rim, laurel wreath to left. Relief contour. White: inscription. Dilute glaze: key pattern.
For Aiakos, a judge of the dead and ancestor of the Aiakidai, see LIMC I, 1981, pp. 311--312, s.v. Aiakos (J. Boardman). 344 seems to be the earliest preserved example of this figure.
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