Agora Object: Agora XXIX, no. 455 Dimensions: | | P.H. 13.5; est. Diam. of body 19.0. | Chronology: | | 225-200 | Deposit: | | F 17:3, middle fill | Published Number: | | AV 29.455 | References: | | Object: P 25986
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Lower body and less than half of foot preserved.
Foot: variety 1. Medallion: double rosette with four petals inside, eight outside, within two ridges, surrounded by palmettes.
Wall divided into four panels by grapevines. Deeds of Theseus: hero wrestles with Minotaur, Prokrustes, Marathonian bull, and Skiron.
Tips of large palmettes of calyx visible below. Rim: alternating rosettes and fleurs-de-lis; pairs of double spirals; tendril between beading and ridges. Scraped groove above moldmade area. Concentric rectangles on shoulder. Dull black glaze, red and mostly missing inside and underneath.
Workshop A.
From same mold as P 10877 (Agora XXII, no. 189, p. 67, pl. 35 [D 11:4, lower fill]). For Theseus stamp see 602. Similar foot: P 20295 (Q 8--9).
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