Agora Object: P 32418
Inventory Number:   P 32418
Section Number:   ΒΖ 265
Conservation Number:   928
Title:   Red Figure Pelike
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Several fragments missing, largely complete; mended.
Spreading ring foot, torus mouth, thick strap handles, oval in section. Reserved: underside and outside of foot.
Side A: On a plain strip ground line a bearded male figure walks right, holding a lyre in his right hand tucked under his left arm. Lyre has seven strings, with an open vessel (basket?) hanging from it. Legs, chest, head of figure all seen in profile. Wide-open eye with large black dot for pupil, short hair. Figure is nude, except for cloak across back, draped over upper arms and hanging between forearms and body. Few details, done in fully glazed lines. Added red for lyre strap, also (fugitive) for wreath in hair and string holding basket. Leather shoes or boots on feet.
Side B: On a plain base line, a figure facing right induces vomiting. He bends forward, leaning on a staff, his left hand holding his head, his right up at and partially in his mouth. Nude, except for low boots/shoes, and a mantle draped over the left shoulder, back, and upper right arm. Beardless, short hair, wearing a wreath. Few details, done in full glaze. Feet and head in profile, upper torso three-quarters view. Added red for stream of vomit and wreath.
Black glaze, cracked in places and worn. Attic clay.
Shape: Agora XII, nos. 16-19, 500-480 B.C.
D. von Bothmer, (August 1995): Nikoxenos painter.
Context:   Well.
Notebook Page:   1929
Negatives:   95-67-12(11,22), 95-67-21(13,14), 95-61-3, 95-61-4, 95-61-5, 95-61-6
PD Number:   DA 13550, DA 13551
Dimensions:   Diam. (rim) 0.116, (foot) 0.128, (belly) 0.194; H. 0.274-0.277
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   6 July 1995
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/6,7-2/19,20
Elevation:   46.60-45.90m.
Masl:   45.9-46.6m.
Deposit:   J 2:4
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 224, no. 84, ill. 13, fig. 82.
    Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 75, fig. 73.
    Hesperia 65 (1996), p. 248, no. 27, pl. 73.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 65 (1996)
Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011)
Report: 1995 Excavations
Drawing: DA 13550
Drawing: DA 13551
Images (19)
Deposit: J 2:4
Card: P 32418
Card: P 32418