Agora Object: P 1250
Inventory Number:   P 1250
Section Number:   Α 304
Title:   Black Figure Amphora Fragments
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Panel amphora. Early black figure style. Rosettes on rim, palmettes above panels. Five pieces join to the large neck fragment; nine others, of which three join together, probably belong lower down. The rim is preserved save for small chips, also the arch of one handle.
The parts preserved indicate a group of warriors in one panel, in the other a pair of lions, their heads turned back to the border. On one side the top of a crested helmet, on the other parts of the two lion heads and of the filling ornament: two large lotus buds and a central rosette. Three of the odd fragments appear to belong to the warrior group: bits of shields and of a human figure. The rest belong to the lions: three together give most of the body of the right figure; two, bits of curving tail by the edge of the panel; the remaining one, the nose and chin of the left hand lion with part of a lotus-bud filling ornament.
Free use of accessory red, including two bands on the glazed inside of the amphora mouth. Incision for interior details.
Context:   Rectangular rockcut shaft.
Negatives:   Leica, VI-75, VI-76, VI-82, 6-154
PD Number:   PD 466
Dimensions:   Diam. (rim) 0.208; P.H. 0.15
Date:   August-September 1932
Section:   Α
Elevation:   -15.55m.
-13.50 to -15.55m.
Masl:   -20--12m.
Deposit:   G 6:3.2
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   JdI 76 (1961), p. 45 (noted).
    Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 373, no. 5, fig. 7.
    Agora XXIII, no. 34, fig. 3, pl. 5.
    Agora XXXI, p. 171.
References:   Publication: Agora XXIII
Publication: Agora XXXI
Publication: Hesperia 7 (1938)
Publication Pages (4)
Drawing: PD 466 (DA 10677)
Images (6)
Deposit: G 6:3
Deposit: G 6:3.2
Notebook: Α-8
Notebook Page: Α-8-10 (pp. 1367-1368)
Card: P 1250
Card: P 1250