Agora Object: T 1423
Inventory Number:   T 1423
Section Number:   Φ 262
Title:   Rattle in Shape of Cock
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πήλινη πλαταγή (κουδουνίστρα) με μορφή πετεινού 350 - 375 μ.Χ.
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   Rattle in shape of cock on high roundish base.
Pellets inside.
Mold made as T 1421-1422 (lengthwise in two pieces). Small vent hole under tail. Details elaborately gouged. No trace of color.
Pinkish buff clay.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Πήλινη κουδουνίστρα με μορφή κόκορα. Δεν φέρει ίχνη χρώματος. Σχεδόν ακέραια.
Context:   Soft greyish brown earth with bones.
Late Roman tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ.
Negatives:   Leica, color slide, 7-189, XLV-41
Dimensions:   H. 0.115; L. ca. 0.095; W. 0.055
Date:   9 April 1937
Section:   Φ
Grid:   Φ:53/ΛΕ
Deposit:   M 18:3
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 22 (1985), fig. 12.
    Guide (1976), p. 268, fig. 143.
    Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 354, fig. 41.
    AJA 41 (1937), p. 188, fig. 18.
    Agora VI, p. 68, pl. 21, no. 832.
    Agora XIV, p. 214, pl. 108 f.
    Pitarakis, Brigitte "Becoming Byzantine" Dumbarton Oaks 2009, p. 221 fig.19
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Pages (4)
Report: 1957 Excavations Φ, Χ, Ψ
Report: 1937 Φ
Report Page: 1937 Φ, s. 10
Report Page: 1957 Excavations Φ, Χ, Ψ, s. 3
Images (26)
Deposit: M 18:3
Notebook: Φ-3
Notebook: Φ-4
Notebook Page: Φ-3-41 (pp. 472-473)
Notebook Page: Φ-4-12 (pp. 613-614)
Card: T 1423