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[Agora Object] I 5477: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face, back, which is rough picked, and the top with a simple moulding preserved. Decree of Nomothetai concerning the Lesser Panathenaia. Twenty-two lines of the inscription ... Ca. 335 B.C ... Decree of Nomothetai concerning the Lesser Panathenaia. Twenty-two lines of the inscription preserved.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 377

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.058. Wooly satyr (torso, start of arms, legs, and tail) to right. White: tufts of fur. The satyr is dressed in the costume of Papposilenos and is closest to the satyrs on the ... Ca. 420 B.C ... An inscription above their heads tells us that they are singers at the Panathenaia. For the most recent discussion of the meaning of the representation on the New York vase, see Froning, Dithyrambos, pp. 25--26, who opts for the scene reflecting a satyr play rather than a dithyrambos performance.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 7

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably sections of the lower part of the body. Glaze abraded around handle B/A. H. 0.563; rest. diam. 0.415. T. L. Shear, Hesperia 7, 1938, ... Ca. 440-430 B.C ... A, chariot team to left and Nike (victor at the Panathenaia). The charioteer (head, part of arms missing), dressed in a long chiton, leans forward, holding the reins in both hands as well as a goad in his right.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 118

Two non-joining fragments. Fragment a comes from the lower part of the vase; fragment b is a shoulder fragment. Glaze on b is slightly abraded; streaky and pitted on inside. P.H. a) 0.175; max. dim. b) ... Ca. 420 B.C ... For the subject, see Corbett, Hesperia 18, 1949, pp. 346--351, who quite plausibly suggests that the torch race depicted on 118 may be the one that took place at the Panathenaia. The sacrifice of a bull at the end of a torch race is not known from many examples, and Corbett has dealt with most of them(pp. 346--351).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 8

Lower half of body, all of torus foot, start of handle B/A. Strengthened with plaster. Thin reddish glaze on inside. Misfired reddish in places on outside. Pitted here and there. P.H. 0.035. R. R. Holloway, ... Ca. 440-430 B.C ... For the two scenes reflecting musical contests at the Greater Panathenaia, see R. R.