Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 782 Chronology: | | Ca. 400 B.C. | Deposit: | | D 15:4 | Published Number: | | AV 30.782 | References: | | Object: P 7685
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Preserved except for most of the ridged handle and trefoil mouth, which are restored in plaster and painted. H. 0.078; diam. 0.06. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 83, cat. no. 184, fig. 522; Rühfel, Kinderleben, p. 171, fig. 101.
Girl running to right, accompanied by a Maltese dog; at each side, a boy, the left one to left, looking back, holding a cake in his right hand, the right one running to left, holding a laurel branch. Around the head of each boy is a spiked fillet. The left has an amulet on a thong over his right shoulder and across his chest; the right, a cloak. The girl wears a long chiton with a richly embroidered garment over it and a fillet around her head. She carries an omphalos cake in her arms. Above, laurel wreath with fruit; below, egg pattern. Added clay: fillets; fruit. White: spikes of boys' fillets; girl and cake; dog; leaves of wreath. Dilute glaze: drawing on white.
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