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Publication: Agora VI
Publication Page: Agora 6, s. 104, p. 92
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Agora Object: T 2384
Inventory Number:   T 2384
Section Number:   ΠΠ 28
Title:   Arm of Boxer with Caestus
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   Fingers indicated simply by grooves; in the palm of the hand a small cup or bowl ?
Elaborate gouged decoration suggests a long fitting sleeve (caestus), cf. Gardiner (1930), Athletics of the Ancient World, fig. 178.
Preserved from point just above elbow.
Dark red wash on sleeve, with traces of white.
Red clay.
ADDENDA T 2452, T 3019, T 1371 were made from the same mould.
Context:   Central Area, N-S Trench I.
Negatives:   Leica, LXIX-17
Dimensions:   L. 0.065
Material:   Terracotta
Date:   5 June 1947
Section:   ΠΠ
Grid:   B 17
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora VI, no. 1032, p. 79, pl. 29.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Gardiner (1930), fig. 178.
References:   Publication: Agora VI
Publication Page: Agora 6, s. 104, p. 92
Image: 2012.54.0516 (LXIX-17)
Notebook: Κ-9
Notebook: ΠΠ-1
Notebook: ΠΠ-2
Notebook Page: Κ-9-37 (pp. 1664-1665)
Notebook Page: ΠΠ-1-41 (pp. 70-71)
Notebook Page: ΠΠ-2-13 (pp. 216-217)
Card: T 2384