Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 393
Chronology:   Ca. 400 B.C.
Deposit:   Q 17
Published Number:   AV 30.393
References:   Object: P 24657
Wall fragment. Reserved band on inside at top. Glaze pitted. Max. dim. 0.087.

At the right, someone (hands, part of right arm with a little drapery) carries a tripod cauldron (about half of cauldron, most of third leg missing) to left. There is a fillet tied around one leg. In the lower left, the upper left portion of a male head in three-quarter view to left. Above, a bit of reserve outlined with relief (unclear what). Preliminary sketch. Relief contour for tripod. White: fillet. Dilute glaze: cauldron; a little bit on reserve at upper left.

The tripod may be carried by Nike. Cf. the unattributed bell-krater in Copenhagen, VIII 939, on which Nike is about to place a tripod on an Ionic column, the scene depicting a victory in a dithyrambic contest. See Simon, Festivals, p. 78, with earlier bibliography.

For the line across the forehead, an indication of stress or worry, cf. 247. Probably by or near the Talos Painter. See the comparisons given for 247.