Inventory Number: | P 4990 | |
Section Number: | Β 1334 | |
Title: | Amphora | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Mended from many pieces; about half the rim, fragments from the neck and body, and more than half the foot restored in plaster. Slender ovoid body; high ring foot; tall neck with flaring lip. Strap handles from above middle of neck to shoulder. Applied plastic snakes, one around outer edge of lip, one around shoulder, and one on each handle. The body decorated in horizontal zones between narrow bands: one principal figured zone around the middle; narrow zones with zigzag pattern, checkerboard and interlocking lines, above and below. Around the principal panel, a procession of four three-horse chariots, each with its charioteer, right. The neck divided into front and back panels, with plain spaces beneath the handles. Each panel divided horizontally into three. A: middle panel, prothesis scene; above, procession of men, right; below, hooked diamond pattern. B: middle panel, procession of three men with offerings(?), right; above, women right, mourning; below, hooked diamond pattern. Dull yellow buff clay; black glaze somewhat peeled, especially on A. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Γεωμετρικός αμφορέας. Λείπουν τμήματα από το χείλος, το λαιμό, το σώμα και τη βάση του αγγείου. Αποκατεστημένος με γύψο. Φέρει ανθρωπόμορφη παράσταση και γεωμετρικά κοσμήματα. | |
Context: | In burning fill. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 5-159, 5-173, 5-344, 82-124, color slide | |
PD Number: | Ptg. 108 | |
Dimensions: | Diam. 0.151; Rest. H. 0.327; H. (lip to lower handle attachment) 0.165 | |
Date: | 16 March 1935 | |
Section: | Β | |
Grid: | Β:36-38/Δ-Ε | |
Elevation: | Ca. 54.60m. | |
Masl: | 54.6m. | |
Deposit: | G 12:19 | |
Lot: | Lot Β 316 | |
Lot Β 317 | ||
Period: | Geometric | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 87 (2018), p. 667, n. 168. | |
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 109-110, 12, figs. 62, 70. | ||
Papadopoulos (2007b), p. 119, fig. 115B. | ||
Guide (1976), p. 227. | ||
Coldstream (1968), p. 58 ff. | ||
AM 78 (1963), pp. 63-73, pl. 30. | ||
Guide (1962), p. 150. | ||
Marwitz (1961), p. 12, fig8 3. | ||
Webster (1958), pp. 172, 174, 199, 203, 289, illus 23. | ||
Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. XII 1, pp. 56-57, figs. 37, 38. | ||
Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 28, fig. 26. | ||
BSA 35 (1934-1935), pp. 168, 212. | ||
ILN (19 October 1935), p. 648, fig. 1. | ||
References: | Publications (4) Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 45, p. 31 Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 83, p. 69 Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 130, p. 116 Drawing: DA 12664 Images (12) Deposit: G 12:19 Lot: Β 316 Lot: Β 317 Notebook: Β-8 Notebook Page: Β-8-85 (pp. 1548-1549) Card: P 4990 Card: P 4990 Card: P 4990 |