Agora Object: P 24522
Inventory Number:   P 24522
Section Number:   ΣΑ 2732
Title:   Black Figure Lekythos
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Λήκυθος με παράσταση γυναικών που συλλέγουν καρπούς 500 - 490 π.Χ περίπου
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Part of handle missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations in height and spread; lip usually reserved, occasionally glazed. Disk foot of varying thickness; below picture either one or two reserved lines. Added colors more or less well preserved. Only substantial variations are noted in the following descriptions.
Shoulder: dots above dotted lotus bud (skipping two).
Above scene: double row of dots.
Scene: two women seated under a tree picking fruit; two round baskets in front of them.
The subject occurs on a black figured lekythos in Vienna (739, 6, CVA. Univ. pl. 6,11) attributed to Class of Athens 581; also on one at Eleusis (photo J.T.). Cf. also skyphos fragments from the RRCS Hesperia 15 (1946), pl. 47:97.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Μελανόμορφη λήκυθος, με παράσταση συλλογής φρούτων. Διακρίνονται δύο καθιστές γυναικείες μορφές, μεταξύ των οποίων υπάρχει δέντρο, ενώ στα πόδια τους υπάρχουν δύο μεγάλα στρογγυλά καλάθια. Λείπει τμήμα από τη λαβή του αγγείου.
Context:   Well beneath Stoa gutter.
Notebook Page:   3780
Negatives:   Leica, 88-319, color slide
Dimensions:   H. 0.175
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   May-June 1954
Section:   ΣΑ
Grid:   Q/7-12/15
Elevation:   -9.7--9.7m.
Masl:   -9.7m.
Deposit:   Q 12:3
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Monaco (2000), [A,XVIII,2], p. 186.
    Hesperia 55 (1986), p. 45, no. 297, pl. 12.
    Agora XXIII, no. 924.
    Paralip., p. 243.
Published Type:   Hesperia 15 (1946), pl. 47:97.
References:   Publication: Agora XXIII
Publication: Hesperia 15 (1946)
Publication: Hesperia 55 (1986)
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 235, p. 219
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 367, p. 351
Publication Page: Agora 23, s. 481
Images (48)
Deposit: Q 12:3
Card: P 24522