Object: Agora XXX, no. 500 | Chronology: | | Second quarter of the 4th century B.C. | | Deposit: | | N 10:1 | | Published Number: | | AV 30.500 | | References: | | Object: P 4840
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Two non-joining wall fragments with start of rim. Reserved band on inside. Max. dim. a) 0.066, b) 0.068.
Fragment a (illustrated) shows Eros (end of each wing, right leg from the knee down missing) kneeling to right, about to put a fillet around the head of a woman whose face appears in the lower right, looking up at him. There is a wreath around the head of each. At the very top of the fragment, start of the ornament on the rim, presumably a laurel wreath. Fragment b preserves a youth (half of head with fillet, right shoulder, and outstretched arm) to left. In front of him are the back of the wreathed head and left shoulder of a woman to left. Each of these figures wears a chiton. White: Eros; wreaths; fillets; garment of woman on b. Dilute glaze: drawing on white.
For the figure of Eros about to crown a woman, see Bonn 540 by the Meleager Painter (ARV2 1411, 29; Addenda 374).
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