Inventory Number: | P 28538 | |
Section Number: | Ω 1793 | |
Title: | Moldmade Bowl | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Complete except for chips; mended from many pieces and restored in plaster. Medallion: rosette surrounded by ribbed leaves and scraped groove; around medallion a row of small swan-like birds, behind which spring two rows of triangular fronds; long-bearded masks between the fronds of the second row. Middle zone: hunting scenes. A) Large lion charging right, pierced through the neck by a spear; he is being attacked from behind by a spearman wearing a cape, from in front by a spearman on a prancing horse. Both attackers in much smaller scale than lion. B) Stag leaping right looks back over his shoulder at a dog perched on his back; farther back stands a slinger who has let fly; between stag and slinger a second dog pursues a hare; man in smaller scale than his prey. C) Lion hunt A repeated. D) Slinger and dog pursuing hare of scene B, but no stag. Birds flying right, in field. Rich detail throughout, particularly on animals. Rim pattern: band of alternating bearded masks and flying birds, surmounted by double spirals and palmettes. Orange clay. Black to reddish-brown glaze. See P 22941, same mould. | |
Context: | Cistern, boxes XXII-XXX. | |
Notebook Page: | 2815 | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | H. 0.10; Diam. 0.169 | |
Date: | 5 May 1971 | |
Section: | Ω | |
Grid: | Ω:53/ΝΕ | |
Elevation: | -3.95--3.95m. | |
Masl: | -3.95m. | |
Deposit: | P 21:4 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Agora XXII, no. 243, pp. 19, 26-27. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XXII Publication Page: Agora 22, s. 91, p. 74 Publication Page: Agora 22, s. 135, p. 118 Plans and Drawings (4) Deposit: P 21:4 Notebook: Ω-15 Notebook: Ω-16 Notebook Page: Ω-15-12 (pp. 2814-2815) Notebook Page: Ω-15-20 (pp. 2831-2832) Notebook Page: Ω-16-27 (pp. 3044-3045) Card: P 28538 Card: P 28538 |