Agora Object: P 20278
Inventory Number:   P 20278
Section Number:   ΣΑ 641
Title:   Red Figure Lekanis Lid Fragment
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Fragment from large lekanis lid.
At left, the upper half of a woman facing to right, holding castanettes(?) in both hands. At right is the upper part of a winged figure in low relief, applied, partly broken away.
Glaze inside and out slightly metallic. White for the woman's flesh; added clay for her headdress and necklace, and for the wings of Eros. The woman's cloak was painted over in an added color. A fleck of gold remains on the wings.
Context:   Square Building, fill over floor. Piers 15-16 west, bottom of 8th to bottom of 9th course.
Notebook Page:   759
Negatives:   Leica, 88-10-23
Dimensions:   Max. Dim. 0.082
Date:   14 July 1949
Section:   ΣΑ
Grid:   Q 8-9
Deposit:   Q 8-9:1
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora XXX, no. 1140, pl. 108.
References:   Publication: Agora XXX
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 306, p. 287
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 397, p. 378
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 546
Image: 2012.76.0967 (88-10-23)
Image: 2000.01.0086 (88-10-23)
Object: Agora XXX, no. 1140
Deposit: Q 8-9:1
Card: P 20278