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[Agora Publication] Agora XXX: Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery

Moore, M. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume presents the inventoried red-figure and white-ground pottery found in the Agora Excavations between 1931 and 1967. Although many of these vases have already been published in various reports ... 1997 ... Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery

[Agora Publication] Broneer (1956): The North Slope Krater, New Fragments

Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... On the right is the shield of Hektor with a triskele in black on white ground. An incised line, drawn by compass, sets off the rim. The white color is well preserved, in contrast to the white on the fragments found in the well, which had largely disappeared from being immersed in the water (cf. breastplate of Diomedes on the left flank, Pl. 50 a). ... His arms and details of the shield are rendered with incise lines, the palmettes of the ὀχάνη in the center are painted white, the outer edge of the rim and the handle at the lower edge are in purple.