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[Agora Object] S 2415: Relief Fragment with Sacrifice Scene

Broken at top. Some chips missing from sides. At left a rectangular altar behind which stands a draped figure, her left hand and the folds of her garment are visible. Beside her, in the middle of the relief, ... 17 May 1971 ... Relief Fragment with Sacrifice Scene

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 416

Wall fragment from just below rim. Reserved band on inside. Max. dim. 0.081. Man or youth (left arm and hand, a bit of drapery) to right, seizing a bull (most of head) by the horn. Above, about half of ... Late 5th century B.C ... Perhaps the sacrifice of a bull following a victory. Cf. 118, the slightly earlier stamnoid that depicts such a sacrifice following a victory in a torch race.

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[Agora Object] I 7635: Altar of Artemis with Inscription

Chipped on sides and at molding on top. Rectangular altar, square in section. Molding at top and bottom. Top flat. Relief on three faces: 1) scene of sacrifice with a bull, large square hole in center ... Relief on three faces: 1) scene of sacrifice with a bull, large square hole in center (re-use?), 2) sacrifice of a goat, 3) scene with Pan, Dionysos and Satyr.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 625

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably all of the mouth, neck and handle, much of lower body, nearly all of ring base. Thin glaze on inside. Glaze pitted and flaked in many ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Durand, Sacrifice et labour en Grèce ancienne: Essai d' anthropologie religieuse, Paris/Rome 1986, p. 117, fig. 37; Straten, Hierà Kalá , p. 233, cat. no. ... Scene of Sacrifice. A nude youth (right forearm and hand, most of legs missing) walks to right, holding a kanoun on his outstretched left forearm.