Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 669 Chronology: | | Late 5th century B.C. | Deposit: | | A--B 21--22:1 | Published Number: | | AV 30.669 | References: | | Object: P 16915
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Two non-joining wall fragments. Very thin, reddish glaze on inside. Some abrasion. P.H. a) 0.111; P.W. 0.171; max. dim. b) 0.087. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 92, cat. no. 238, fig. 175.
Komos. Fragment a shows the lower legs and a bit of drapery of the komast at the left of the composition; then most of one except his head and part of his arms, a cloak over his left arm, a stick in his right hand (now missing) dancing to right; finally part of the torso and legs (right frontal, left in profile) of a third. Fragment b preserves the filleted head and hands of the first komast playing the aulos. Behind him, the reserved line framing the composition. Below the figures, egg pattern. Relief contour: profile. Dilute glaze: lines on cloak. White: fillet.
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