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[Agora Object] P 4725: Red Figure Vessel Fragment

From a closed pot. The claw and part of the tail(?) of a lion's or leopard's skin. Herakles, or maenads? Relief contours. ADDENDA (Sept. 2020), according to Agora XXX, closed: shape uncertain. On plaster ... 22 February 1935 ... Herakles, or maenads? Relief contours.

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[Agora Object] P 1241: Black Figure Cup Fragments: Banded

Mended from nine pieces; nearly all of one side preserved. The figured zone shows alternate satyrs and maenads, dancing in couples, the satyrs left. Traces of white indicate the arms of the maenads; faint ... August-September 1932 ... The figured zone shows alternate satyrs and maenads, dancing in couples, the satyrs left. Traces of white indicate the arms of the maenads; faint remains of white also on their faces and feet.

[Agora Object] P 12777: Black Figure Hydria

Lower part only reserved to start of shoulder. Vertical handle missing. Spreading ring foot, black above, set off from body by two scraped lines. On the front, filling space between horizontal handles, ... 5 May 1938 ... Lower parts of three figures running right preserved; two maenads (one wearing a panther-skin over her chiton) and a male figure in short chiton pursuing them. ... White for the maenads' flesh, for dots on the garments and for part of the object.

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[Agora Object] P 2660: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Mended from six pieces; the upper half missing; the foot restored in plaster. The figured panel depicts the legs of three maenads running right. Dolphin and vine in field. White for flesh and stripes and ... August-September 1932 ... The figured panel depicts the legs of three maenads running right.

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[Agora Object] P 10330: Lekythos

Repaired from many fragments. Neck does not join. Surface badly worn. Three maenads. Ivy spray in background. Above, a double dotted line. On shoulder, palmettes. Flesh white, mostly without black ground ... 23 March 1936 ... Three maenads. Ivy spray in background.

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[Agora Object] P 26630: Black Figure Column Krater Fragments

Numerous joining fragments make up two pieces. a) Wall fragment: warrior running between mantle figures. b) Wall, shoulder and neck fragment: satyrs and maenads. A satyr at the left pursues three maenads, ... 14 July 1959 ... a) Wall fragment: warrior running between mantle figures. b) Wall, shoulder and neck fragment: satyrs and maenads. A satyr at the left pursues three maenads, the foremost two of which look back with left hands raised.

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[Agora Object] P 10335: Lekythos

Repaired; bits missing. Three maenads, ivy spray in background. Above, maeander. On shoulder, rays. White for flesh. Red for folds and fillets. Cf. P 10326 and P 10327 (workshop of the Haimon Painter) ... 23 March 1936 ... Three maenads, ivy spray in background.

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[Agora Object] P 1339: Black Figure Skyphos Fragment

Mended from three pieces, preserving part of wall and rim. The scene depicts satyrs and maenads, the best preserved of which is a satyr with lifted tail who bends and reaches to the right. Behind him is ... August-September 1932 ... The scene depicts satyrs and maenads, the best preserved of which is a satyr with lifted tail who bends and reaches to the right. ... Red on hair and beards; white laid carelessly on the satyr's tail as well as the flesh of the maenads. Glaze fired brownish; thin and dull on figures.

[Agora Object] P 2589: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Bit of shoulder and wall preserved; debased lotus buds on the shoulder. Rows of dots around the top of the body wall. Decoration of two maenads right, each figure has one hand raised to her head. Vine ... August-September 1932 ... Decoration of two maenads right, each figure has one hand raised to her head.

[Agora Object] P 10365: Lekythos

Mended from four pieces. Upper part including most of shoulder missing. Surface damaged. Three maenads, the central one grasped around the middle by a satyr while to the left appears the foot of another ... 21 March 1936 ... Three maenads, the central one grasped around the middle by a satyr while to the left appears the foot of another satyr.

[Agora Object] P 25516: Black Figure Lekythos

Mouth missing. Shape and ornament as P 25514 (ΠΘ 3578). Dionysos moving right, looking back left between two maenads riding mules. White detail. ADDENDA P 25514: Shape and decoration similar to P 25511 ... 10 November 1955 ... Dionysos moving right, looking back left between two maenads riding mules.

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[Agora Object] P 16792: Black Figure Lekythos

Mouth, neck, most of handle and fragments of body missing. Body: Dionysos, right, preceded and followed by a dancing satyr. Shoulder: cock between ivy leaves. Red for beards, tails, folds and dots ... 2-4 July 1932 ... CVA, pl. 50, 11: Dionysos and maenads.

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[Agora Object] P 27381: Red Figure Oinochoe

The mouth and many fragments of the wall are missing. Partly restored in plaster. Satyr running right and looking back, animal skin thrown over his arm; on either side, maenads: on left maenad standing ... July 1965 ... Satyr running right and looking back, animal skin thrown over his arm; on either side, maenads: on left maenad standing right, tympanum on ground; on right, maenad seated holding tympanum and thyrsos in hands.

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[Agora Object] P 24536: Black Figure Lekythos

Handle, fragment from shoulder and most of walls missing. General type as P 24533 (ΣΑ 2743). Red line around join of neck. Shoulder: tongues and palmettes with dots (three and two), lotus buds next handle ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: three Maenads walking right, Satyr left greeted by the first of them.

[Agora Object] P 1370: Black Figure Skyphos Fragment

Mended from four pieces. Rim as P 1359, a small part preserved along with most of the base ring. Resting surface reserved, also underside within ring foot with circle decoration. The composition on either ... August-September 1932 ... The composition on either side appears to have been vestiges of the lower part of three maenads with vine branch filling ornament.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1073

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Glazed on underside. H. to top of knob: 0.067; diam. 0.195. From the center out: tongue pattern; satyrs and maenads. Two satyrs (small pieces ... Late 5th century B.C ... From the center out: tongue pattern; satyrs and maenads. Two satyrs (small pieces missing), one to left, the other to right, rush toward a maenad who runs to left, looking back, a torch in her left hand (tip missing). ... Behind the satyrs are two more maenads (head of left, hands; face, all of right arm, part of left, part of garment of right missing), both to left (the head of the left maenad probably faced right because her body is frontal).

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[Agora Object] P 2586: Black Figure Skyphos

Both handles, three quarters of the rim, large pieces from the sides and about a quarter of the base restored in plaster. On each side, two maenads, dancing away but looking back at each other, between ... August-September 1932 ... On each side, two maenads, dancing away but looking back at each other, between two satyrs, both dancing right. ... White for the maenads' flesh, for the one preserved satyr-tail and for the fruit of the filling vines.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 526

Three non-joining fragments, a with rim, about half of body, all of one handle and start of the other, b of rim and wall, c of wall. Glaze misfired slightly. P.H. a) 0.195; max. dim. b) 0.245, c) 0.167 ... Ca. 350 B.C ... P.H. a) 0.195; max. dim. b) 0.245, c) 0.167. A, maenads and satyrs dancing. ... He has a cloak over his left shoulder. The maenads wear fillets around their heads. ... White: flesh of maenads; satyr's cloak on b; grapes.

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[Agora Object] P 33230: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Two joining fragments of lower body; foot missing. Lower wall black glazed with one broad and one thin stripe above. Four maenads moving right. Lower bodies only of three, but central complete. She is ... 3-8 August 1994 ... Lower wall black glazed with one broad and one thin stripe above. Four maenads moving right.

[Agora Object] P 24408: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Most of upper half missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations in height and ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: figure reclining on couch; Maenads and Satyr dancing.

[Agora Object] P 24468: Black Figure Lekythos

Handle and shoulder, and upper wall fragments, missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: Dionysos, two Maenads and a Satyr dancing.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 913

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.032. Woman (most of body, right arm, legs to about the knees) standing to right, dressed in a peplos. Relief contour. 913 bears a mild resemblance to some of the work by the ... Ca. 430 B.C ... Relief contour. 913 bears a mild resemblance to some of the work by the Eretria Painter: e.g., many of the maenads on the squat lekythos, once Berlin 2471 (ARV2 1247, 1; Paralip. 469, 1; Lezzi-Hafter, Eretria-Maler, p. 342, cat. no. 234, pls. 144, 145; Addenda 353); the maenads on Warsaw 142458 (ARV2 1253, 58; Lezzi-Hafter, p. 321, cat. no. 76, pl. 57; Addenda 354); the maenad facing the satyr in the tondo of Villa Giulia 27251 (ARV2 1253, 59; Lezzi-Hafter, p. 315, cat. no. 33, pl. 53:e); the woman holding the lyre on one side of Louvre Cp 11003 and New York, M.M.A. 1973.127 (ARV2 1255, 100; Lezzi-Hafter, p. 315, cat. no. 29, pl. 24:f; Addenda 355); some of the women on Chapel Hill, N.C., 71.8.1 (Lezzi-Hafter, p. 342, cat. no. 232, pl. 158); the woman holding a necklace on London, B.M.

[Agora Object] P 23332: Black Figure Cup

Much of rim, wall and floor and part of one handle missing and restored. Plain rim; disk foot with deep cone at center beneath. On exterior, both sides, seated Dionysos with satyrs and maenads(?); branches ... 22 April 1953 ... On exterior, both sides, seated Dionysos with satyrs and maenads(?); branches in field.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 935

Shoulder and body fragment with start of neck. P.H. 0.027; max. dim. 0.053. Maenads. At the left is a maenad (from the hips up) to left, holding a bulky object (a tympanon[?]) in her outstretched hands ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... P.H. 0.027; max. dim. 0.053. Maenads. At the left is a maenad (from the hips up) to left, holding a bulky object (a tympanon[?])

[Agora Object] P 1288: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Mended from three pieces; less than half the circumfernce preserved with part of the shoulder. Depicts Dionysos on a donkey between two maenads. Missing from the scene: all of the left hand woman save ... August-September 1932 ... Depicts Dionysos on a donkey between two maenads. Missing from the scene: all of the left hand woman save her hand and arm; the legs and hind quarters of the ass; the legs of Dionysos; and of the right hand woman, all save the front of the head, one shoulder, and an arm.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 986

Most of shoulder with start of neck, about half of body. P.H. 0.076; diam. at shoulder 0.082. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 16, 1947, pl. 47:3; LIMC III, 1986, p. 454, no. 335, pl. 335, s.v. Dionysos; Burn, ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Dionysos and maenads. The youthful god sits to right on a decorated cloak, wearing high boots. ... Then come the heads with diadems of two maenads to right, the one on the right with a tympanon, and at the far right are parts of objects that look like torches (not illustrated).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 599

Shoulder fragment with start of neck. Glaze fired red except for ribbons on woman's head. Max. dim. 0.06. Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 376, cat. no. CHR 58. Woman (head, shoulders, right arm) standing frontally, ... Ca. 440 B.C ... The composition on 599 may have looked something like the one with three maenads on the painter's calyx-krater, Louvre G 404 (ARV2 1046, 6; Addenda 320; Matheson, p. 366, cat. no.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1387

Floor fragment with part of grooved ring base. Band and concentric circles on underside. Glaze fired reddish on inside behind woman. Max. dim. 0.07; est. diam. of base 0.09. I, woman (head, shoulders, ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... E 775, which shows Dionysos with maenads (ARV2 1328, 92; Addenda 364; Burn, Meidias Painter, p. 116, cat. no.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1404

Bowl fragment. Traces of burning at left (surface is gray). Max. dim. 0.04. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 6, 1937, p. 13, fig. 6:a. A, two women (bottom of chiton, left foot of one; right foot, a little of ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... The drawing of the drapery folds and the horizontal line across one of them are closest to these two by the Hermaios Painter: the maenad in the tondo of Boston, M.F.A. 95.33 (ARV2 110, 3; Addenda 173) and the warrior or Amazon in that of Bochum S 489 (Paralip. 332, 8 ter; Addenda 173); the maenads on Munich 2589 by the Chelis Painter (ARV2 112, 1; Addenda 173). 1404 may be by either painter.

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[Agora Object] P 13426: Black Figure Kothon Fragments

Four fragments, that make up to two, preserve part of closed pot, probably a kothon. The full depth of the downturned lip preserved on fragment a). a) Maenad dancing right, looking back left; traces of ... 8 June 1938 ... Red for the Maenads' sleeveless peploi, the panther skins over them being left black, and for their fillets; white for their flesh(?).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 682

Most of body, all of base. Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Non-joining handle. Dull black glaze on inside. P.H. 0.16; diam. 0.173. Max. dim. of handle 0.14. Satyr and maenads ... Early 4th century B.C ... Satyr and maenads. The satyr, nude but for a skin over his left arm, moves to left, looking back at a maenad who sits to right (uncertain on what), looking back, a thyrsos resting in the crook of her right arm.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1494

Three non-joining bowl fragments, a and b with part of lip. Reserved line on inside of lip at rim. Glaze slightly greenish on outside. Est. diam. at rim 0.22; max. dim. a) 0.124, b) 0.028, c) 0.055. A, ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... A, satyrs and maenads. Fragment a (illustrated) shows the left hand of a maenad to right, holding a thyrsos, facing a satyr (right foot, left leg from the knee down missing) whose right leg is raised and bent, the foot resting on a rock (now missing).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 564

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.074. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 21, 1952, pl. 31:d; Agora XXVII, p. 171, cat. no. 39, pl. 35. Maenad (lower part of face, front of body, start of left thigh, arms) standing to ... Ca. 430 B.C ... D 3, pl. 135); the maenads holding trays and the kantharos held in side view by Dionysos on Vienna 1024 (ARV2 1152, 8; Addenda 336; Matheson, p. 382, cat. no.

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[Agora Object] P 16617: Red Figure Kalathos Fragments

Parts of the walls and rim preserved, making up to six fragments. Nothing remains of the base. Flaring lower wall, forming an angle with the slightly concave upper wall; projecting rim, its vertical outer ... 27 April 1940 ... The scene, dancing youths and girls, probably satyrs and maenads, seems to run right around the pot; what remains is more than enough for one side.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1497

Fragment of lip, bowl, and floor with thickening for start of stem. Top of rim reserved. Glaze abraded and misfired around ornament and on figure next to it on outside; flaked slightly on inside. Max ... Late 5th century B.C ... A, satyr and maenads: maenad (left shoulder missing) in a chiton and himation, a sakkos on her head, stands frontally, head in profile to right; next are the lower legs and the end of the tail of a satyr to right, facing a maenad (foot, a little drapery).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 362

Four non-joining fragments, d of rim, a of wall with start of rim, b -- c of wall. Reserved band on inside at rim, another 0.093 below rim. Glaze a bit abraded on rim. Max. dim. a) 0.072, b) 0.061, c) ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... DM 16. Maenads. Fragment a (illustrated) preserves part of the head, left shoulder, and left hand of a maenad to right, holding cymbals (a little of the second one appears at the lower left).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 450

Three non-joining wall fragments, P 34 a/P 22761 a with half of one handle. Narrow reserved band on inside. Glaze abraded and flaked in places. P.H.P 34 a/P 22761 a) 0.23; max. dim. P 34 b) 0.107, P 22761 ... Probably early 4th century B.C ... A, satyrs and maenads. P 34 a/P 22761 a shows the lower half of a maenad to left, wearing a decorated chiton.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 623

Three non-joining wall fragments. Dull, hard glaze on inside. Max. dim. a) 0.091, b) 0.075, c) 0.071. L. Talcott, Hesperia 8, 1939, pp. 268--269, figs. 1, 2 (the fragments have been relettered since this ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... In her discussion of 623, Talcott (Hesperia 8, 1939, p. 271) remarked that the broad fillet on the mask is the type seen most often on maenads but even more often in scenes of victory or of mourning. If these are maenads, Webster (Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 255) suggests that the man is either Lykourgos or Pentheus.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 287

Thirty-two non-joining fragments of rim, wall, and cul. Narrow reserved band on inside of rim, another 0.082 below rim. Glaze pitted on some fragments; has a greenish cast here and there. Max. dim. P 7282 ... Ca. 440 B.C ... Upper zone: Dionysos with satyrs and maenads. P 8445 b (illustrated) shows most of the head and part of the chest of the god standing frontally, his head turned to left. ... The next fragments preserve parts of maenads. P 7282 b + P 8445 f (illustrated) shows part of the body and the right arm of one to right dressed in a belted peplos. ... Lower zone: A, satyrs and maenads. These fragments seem to come from this side.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 361

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notable among them nearly half of the rim, a section of the wall at handle B/A, about half of foot. Narrow reserved line at rim on inside; another ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... A (illustrated), Dionysos with maenads and satyrs.