Agora Object: P 5023
Inventory Number:   P 5023
Section Number:   Β' 447
    Ζ 1493
    Ζ 1657
Title:   Black Figure Lekanis Lid Fragments
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Rim fragments from a large lekanis lid; inside glazed black with narrow purple bands.
Outside, animal bands, a boar walking left, and above parts of two sirens left. Incised rosettes. Purple red added for details. Heavy fabric.
Four non-joining fragments, one of which joins the piece first found (a) at its right, adding a tiger, to r.; in front of him, part of a feline, to left.
b) In lower zone, a boar to r., followed by a tiger; in upper zone, a feline to r., approaching a panel of interlacing palmette and lotus.
c) In lower zone, a goat to r., behind a siren to r.; in the upper zone, a feline to r.
d) In the lower zone, a siren to l.
e) Rim fragment preserving part of the outermost frieze; the rear part of a feline to l. and behind it the forepart of a siren to l. Two boundary lines above and traces of representation in second frieze; one boundary line below. Inside, two purple bands.
P 5084 (Β' 461) probably belongs.
Context:   Well 3 and Tholos Trench T, layers b and c. Fragment e) from Tholos Trench U, martyra along its south side, layer b.
Notebook Page:   2281, 2288, 2629
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Est. Diam. 0.36; Max. Dim. a) 0.135, b) 0.125, c) 0.065, d) 0.06, e) 0.062
Date:   16 March 1935, 1 June 1938
Section:   Β'
    Ζ
Grid:   Β':43-44/ΙΕ-ΙΣΤ
Elevation:   -6.50m.
Masl:   -6.5m.
Deposit:   F 12:6
    G-I 11-12
Lot:   Lot Ζ 464
    Lot Ζ 465
    Lot Ζ 466
    Lot Ζ 474
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora XXIII, no. 1340, pl. 92.
References:   Publication: Agora XXIII
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 278, p. 262
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 358, p. 342
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 491
Image: 2010.18.0773 (Leica P 5023)
Image: 2010.18.0775 (Leica P 5023)
Deposit: F 12:6
Deposit: G-I 11-12
Lots (4)
Notebooks (5)
Notebook Pages (8)
Card: P 5023
Card: P 5023