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Three of the legs restored.
Mane pinched to a sharp, straight ridge; tail applied against left rear leg. Faint traces of glaze show that the horse was glazed over most of its body, with reserved band ... 7th c. B.C. |
Stroke polishing on neck.
Unglazed and handmade.
Small, unpainted votives are found in great quantities at many sanctuary sites. Only about 100 were saved from the dump on Hymettos, although the total ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... Most of those saved resemble examples from the Athenian Agora published by Young, Hesperia, Suppl. II, 1939, p. 157, fig. 111, C 71-C 76. Dates can be assigned to these small votives only when they are found in datable contexts. ... Courbin, La ceramique Geometrique de l' Argolide, pp. 29ff., 70 ff. |
Pan.
Floor and part of wall.
Cup rests on ridge; slightly convex underside. Conical profile; five grooves preserved on exterior. Emblem surrounded by two to three scraped grooves. Bust of Pan, with head ... 240-200 ... The best parallel is Pagenstecher 1913, p. 59, fig. 70 (called a satyr, but with horns). Cf. also Richter 1958, p. 375, fig. 28, pl. 93, a mold from the Chersonese; Barr-Sharrar 1987, C 95, pp. 56--57, pl. 31, a bronze South Italian(?) Pan, and TC 6, p. 116, pl. 63, a pyxis lid with young satyr, a lagobolon clearly visible behind his shoulder. |
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