Agora Object: P 4245
Inventory Number:   P 4245
Section Number:   Γ 911
Title:   Red Figure Column Krater Fragments: Inscribed
Category:   Pottery
Description:   Fragments from a pot of uncertain shape, possibly a column krater. The glaze inside is thick, but somewhat streaked, and metallic; peeled in spots. The representation - human limbs; a goat; lion-skins, and uncertain scraps - seems far from comprehensible. The technique, however, is highly characteristic: the drawing is broad, the relief contours, used throughout, are very heavy. Brown for lion-skins; also for a narrow horizontal band; red to edge this band, and for letters scattered in the field.
Probably from a scene of Herakles and the centaurs. Cf. Beazley (1933), Der Kleophrades Maler, no. 44, pls. 22, 23.
Notes:   Another fragment, Γ 1122, catalogued as P 4245, found May 7, 1935, at 105-114/ΙΓ-ΙΖ, in Byz. fill, shows exactly the same technical characteristics, but belongs possibly to another pot: the fabric is very slightly thicker. On it, the buttocks and the very long large tail of a silen, left. Remains of three letters, painted in red, in the field. P.H. 0.081; P.W. 0.043.
Context:   S.W. building, north room. Late 6th. c. - early 5th. c. fill.
Negatives:   Leica, 91-22-8, 91-22-9
Dimensions:   Max. Dim. e) 0.022; P.H. l) 0.081; P.L. a) 0.052, b) 0.094, c) 0.063, d) 0.062; P.W. a) 0.043, b) 0.039, c) 0.042, d) 0.021, f) 0.033, g) 0.024, h) 0.025, i) 0.03, j) 0.019, k) 0.016, l) 0.043
Date:   15-16 March 1934
Section:   Γ
Deposit:   E 14:11.2
Lot:   Lot Γ 123
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora XXX, nos. 214 and 215, pl. 30.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Beazley (1933), no. 44, pls. 22, 23.
References:   Publication: Agora XXX
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 185, p. 166
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 390, p. 371
Publication Page: Agora 30, s. 468
Images (7)
Object: Agora XXX, no. 214
Object: Agora XXX, no. 215
Deposit: E 14:11
Deposit: E 14:11.2
Card: P 4245
Card: P 4245