Agora Object: P 4626
Inventory Number:   P 4626
Section Number:   Β 1105
    Ζ 1497
Title:   Black Figure Neck Amphora Fragments
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Neck fragments of a great neck amphora with stepped lip; on each side of neck, a panel.
a) Mended from two pieces. Head and neck of a cock, left, head turned back. Heavy incision; added purple red on comb, beak and wattles, and feathers.
b) Part of the cock on a). The rounded end of the wing, bordered with purple red, used also on feathers.
c) Left corner of panel on opposite side, with handle attachment. On lip, between sets of two lines above and below, vertical zigzags; traces of black band below lip. Pendent hook spirals from upper panel border; in field, zigzags, dot and wheel rosettes, maeanders.
d) A bit from the neck of a second cock.
e) Joins a) above. Fragment from junction of neck and shoulder. On the neck, the mid-part and feet of a cock, with a dot rosette in field. On the shoulder, the hook spirals that bordered the main panel, together with a small part of a figure. Deep brown glaze.
f) Neck fragment from the other side, with the chest of a cock to right, the edge of the panel and a zigzag-diamond filler. Light red glaze.
g) Neck fragment from same side, showing part of the cock's tail. Light red glaze.
h) Joins a) Neck fragment retaining trace of handle attachment, vertical border of panel, and zigzag-diamond filler. Light red glaze.
Context:   Red earth and stone fill. Fragments e, f, g) from Tholos Trench T, layers (b) (d).
Notebook Page:   2281, 2283
Negatives:   Leica, 5-75, VI-63, VI-64, color slide
Dimensions:   Est. Diam. 0.27; P.H. a) 0.13, c) 0.123, e) 0.08, f) 0.08, g) 0.045; Max. Dim. b) 0.06, c) ca. 0.172, d) 0.055
Chronology:   Ca. 630-620 B.C.
Date:   11 February 1935, 16 March 1938
Section:   Β
    Ζ
Grid:   Β:37/ΣΤ
Elevation:   56.70m.
Masl:   56.7m.
Deposit:   F-G 12:1
    G-I 11-12
Lot:   Lot Ζ 467
    Lot Β 271
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 22 (1985), fig. 10.
    Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), no. B 34, p. 119, fig. 85.
    Agora XXIII, no. 136, pl. 16.
References:   Publication: Agora XXIII
Publication: AgoraPicBk 22 (1985)
Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939)
Publication Pages (4)
Images (5)
Deposit: F-G 12:1
Deposit: G-I 11-12
Lot: Β 271
Lot: Ζ 467
Notebook: Β-7
Notebook: Ζ-12
Notebook: Ζ-13
Notebook Pages (5)
Card: P 4626
Card: P 4626