Agora Object: P 30559
Inventory Number:   P 30559
Section Number:   ΡΡ' 581
Title:   Lekythos Fragment
Category:   Plastic Vases
Description:   Broken at top and bottom. Neck decorated on one side by moulded, plastic head. Figure wears elaborate headdress consisting of a wreath of leaves above which there is a curved crown with a loop on either side holding in place a veil which appears to fall behind head onto shoulders. Back and inside of lekythos neck covered with black glaze. Head with headdress covered with white paint; traces of red paint on veil and loops of crown.
Orange fabric.
Cf. T 4089, T 4100.
ADDENDA Secondary archetype in museum suggests type is that of woman nursing child Dionysos, with arm raised to ward off danger.
Context:   Well, room 6, layer I, box 65.
Notebook Page:   1649
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.052; P.W. 0.04
Date:   2 August 1973
Section:   ΡΡ'
Elevation:   -18--18m.
Masl:   -18m.
Deposit:   U 13:1
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia 64 (1995), no. 69, p. 484, pl. 111.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:T 4089
    Agora:Object:T 4100
References:   Publication: Hesperia 64 (1995)
Deposit: U 13:1
Card: P 30559