Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 33 Chronology: | | Ca. 480-470 B.C. | Deposit: | | R 20:4 | Published Number: | | AV 30.33 | References: | | Object: P 25933
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Wall fragment with return. Thin glaze on inside. Max. dim. 0.055.
Youth (head) to left, with head thrown back. Relief contour: chin.
Dilute glaze: muscles.
The position of the youth's head and his open mouth suggest that he is singing, perhaps accompanying himself on the barbiton. Cf. the youth on side B of Munich 2346 by the Pig Painter (ARV2 565, 32 bis). Another possibility is the cradle-kithara as played by the komast on Harvard 1959.188 in the manner of the Pig Painter (ARV2 566, 8; Addenda 261). It is not likely that he plays the standard kithara, for if he did, his face would overlap one arm of the instrument.
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