Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1398 Chronology: | | Probably first half of the 4th century B.C. | Deposit: | | C--F 15--19 | Published Number: | | AV 30.1398 | References: | | Object: P 19368
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Floor fragment with fillet and start of small ring base. Glaze misfired brownish on inside. Max. dim. 0.045.
I, griffin or sphinx (part of wing, body, start of hind legs and tail) to right. Red: line of dots on wing bow.
For an example of a griffin and a sphinx that illustrates the problem of identification, see the two confronted on a guttus in Ferrara inv. 15010 (Massei, Gli askoi . . . Spina, pl. 67:2). Dated ca. 350 B.C.
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