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[Agora Object] P 14431: Bowl with Lead Seal Attached

Several pieces, including chunks from sides and rim, missing. Flat bottom; straight sides; flat-topped projecting rim. Orange-buff clay. Light slip. Surface much worn. On side wall, just below rim, a ... 9-12 February 1937 ... Athens New Style coin Head (1888), BMC Attica, pl. 12:8, dated ca. 90 B.C. ... Our seal is not an exact duplicate of either of the coin types known (cf. BMC Attica, pl. 12:8. ... On a red-figure chous illustrated by Deubner (Deubner (1932), Attische Feste, pp. 104-105, pl. 11:4) as a representation of the Anthesteria the figure of Dionysos, whether it be a statue or a man playing the part, is based obviously on the cult statue by Alkamenes.