Wall fragment from just below rim. Narrow reserved band on inside. Glaze abraded in lower right. Max. dim. 0.085.

At the far right is Hermes (face, right shoulder, end of kerykeion) standing frontally, head turned to left, looking at an ithyphallic herm of Dionysos(?) with a wreath around his head. A kerykeion is drawn on the side of the herm. In front of the herm is a small altar (about half-preserved) draped with a garland. Below, meat on a spit above a flaming altar (a little bit of the spit appears at the right break). Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Red: flames on small altar. White: vine and berries of herm's wreath; strings of Hermes' petasos; ground line of herm; flames above and below meat; tip of one flame on the altar in front of Dionysos. Dilute glaze: hair.

For the kerykeion painted on the side of the herm, see the unattributed 4th-century krater fragment in Copenhagen, no no. (Metzger, Recherches, pl. 29:3). A general discussion of herms may be found in Metzger, pp. 77--91. The herm on 405 may be Dionysos, but see Metzger, pp. 88--90, who advises caution in identifying these figures.

For a good example of meat on a spit, see Dijon 1223 by the Painter of London E 2 (ARV2 225, 3) or London, B.M. GR 1839.2--14.68 = E 455 by Polygnotos (ARV2 1028, 9; Addenda 317; Mind and Body, p. 242, cat. no. 134; Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 347, cat. no. P 8, pl. 35).