Inventory Number: | P 9396 | |
Section Number: | Σ 1350 | |
Title: | Plate with Sgraffito Decoration | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Τμήμα λεπτεγχάρακτου πινακίου με παράσταση του Διγενή Ακρίτα με το Δράκοντα 12ος αι. | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Less than half preserved. Large plate on very low ring foot. Almost vertical rim A warrior, facing, wearing a high conical cap, a tight-fitting suit of crisscrossed underwear covering arms and legs, and a fustanella. His long curly hair falls below his shoulders. In his left hand he carries a shield, in his right a short staff topped with a rosette. Two tree-like objects rise from his shoulders. At his right is an eagle or falcon, and around him, encircling the plate, is coiled a dragon. The rim is decorated with a border of alternate lozenges and teardrops above a debased guilloche. Light red clay, yellow glaze. White slip and thin glaze over all of exterior. | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Απότμημα Βυζαντινής λεκάνης, με μορφή Διγενή Ακρίτα και Δράκοντες. Σώζεται περίπου το μισό τμήμα του ευρήματος. | |
Notes: | Coins 6-8 of 9 March 1937, also from same pithos, which has consistent fill. | |
Context: | Pithos, with coins 15-17. | |
Negatives: | Leica, 7-154, 7-311, V-41, 82-564, color slide | |
PD Number: | PD 482, Ptg. 295 | |
Dimensions: | Est. Diam. 0.290; H. 0.071 | |
Date: | 16 March 1937 | |
Section: | Σ | |
Grid: | Σ:15-17/ΠΕ-ΠΣΤ | |
Deposit: | P 11:1 | |
Lot: | Lot Σ 434 | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Bibliography: | MacKay (2007), p. 280, fig. 226B. | |
AgoraPicBk 22 (1985), fig. 37. | ||
AgoraPicBk 7 (1961), fig. 31. | ||
Hesperia 10 (1941), pp. 9-13. | ||
Hesperia 7 (1938), no. E 2, p. 465, figs. 30, 33. | ||
References: | Publications (4) Drawing: PD 482 (DA 6533) Drawing: PD 483 (DA 6536) Drawing: DA 13034 Images (18) Deposit: P 11:1 Card: P 9396 Card: P 9396 |