Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 1562 Chronology: | | Ca. 510-500 B.C. | Deposit: | | Q 12:3 | Published Number: | | AV 30.1562 | References: | | Object: P 24102
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Mended with small missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. H. 0.085; diam. at rim 0.172; width with handles 0.242; diam. of tondo 0.105; diam. of foot 0.088. L. Talcott, Hesperia 24, 1955, pl. 32:b; D. B. Thompson, Garden Lore of Ancient Athens (Agora Picture Book 8), Princeton 1963, fig. 49; ARFV: Archaic, fig. 122; Themelis, Agora: Guide, fig. opp. p. 68; S. Roberts, Hesperia 55, 1986, p. 10, cat. no. 9, p. 6, fig. 3, pls. 1, 2.
I, woman kneeling at a flaming altar, holding out a wreath. She is nude except for a sakkos, an earring, and a necklace. The altar is decorated with an egg pattern. Inscribed be-hind her:
Reserved line for tondo border. Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: necklace; muscles. Red (very faint): wreath; flames; inscription.
The Painter of the Agora Chairias Cups (ARV2 176, 1; Paralip. 339, 1; Addenda 185).
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