Agora Object: P 24947
Inventory Number:   P 24947
Section Number:   ΣΑ 3055 BIS
Title:   Black Figure Lid
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Mελανόμορφο πώμα πυξίδας με παράσταση οφθαλμών 575 – 550 π.Χ.
Category:   Pottery
Description:   A few fragments missing. Domed lid with narrow flat rim and vertical loop handle.
Decoration in red glaze and white. On either side of handle a large eye. Around outer edge a zone with wavy line and dot rosettes at either side, most of which have degenerated into irregular groups of dots. White for eyeballs and on top of handle. Red line on outer edge. Underside reserved with round protuberance at center recalling the knob of a phiale.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Κάλυμμα πυξίδος με οφθαλμούς και μια κάθετη τοξωτή λαβή. Σχεδόν ακέραιο.
Context:   Well near Stoa Terrace Fountain, box 3.
Notebook Page:   4433
Negatives:   Leica, LXXVIII-57, color slide
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.116; H. (top of handle) 0.05
Date:   20 June 1955
Section:   ΣΑ
Elevation:   -5.3--5.3m.
Masl:   -5.3m.
Deposit:   Q 13:5
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 58, pl. 17a.
    Agora XXIII, no. 1376.
References:   Publication: Agora XXIII
Publication: Hesperia 25 (1956)
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 282, p. 266
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 368, p. 352
Images (6)
Deposit: Q 13:5
Card: P 24947