Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 655 Chronology: | | Ca. 410 B.C. | Deposit: | | F 5:2 | Published Number: | | AV 30.655 | References: | | Object: P 9702
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Six non-joining fragments of shoulder and wall, with start of handle at upper left of a. Max. dim. a) 0.079, b) 0.052, c) 0.052, d) 0.033, e) 0.041, f) 0.037. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 84, cat. no. 193, fig. 103.
Dionysos and maenad. Fragment c (illustrated) preserves part of the body, legs, and right arm of the god sitting to left, drapery over his right thigh. A small bit of a fringed headdress hangs over his right shoulder next to a long lock of his hair. Fragment d shows the face of a maenad to left and at the left a bit of a tree with a short branch. She has on some kind of headdress (stephane[?]). Fragment e preserves fingers and a plant with fruit. Fragments a and b show some of the ornament above the figures, egg and dot with ivy above and below. Fragment f gives part of the egg-and-dot pattern below the figures. Preliminary sketch. Red: leaves on e. White: stem and berries of spray on e; branch of tree.
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