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MC 1076: Loom Weight

Chipped on one side. Pyramidal, with graffito. Incised in soft clay on top the letter: E. Unglazed. Archaic Temple of Triptolemos, northwest, layer 5. Leica ... 20 July 1959 ... Incised in soft clay on top the letter: E. Unglazed ... Archaic Temple of Triptolemos, northwest, layer 5.

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P 14729: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragments

a) From the shoulder of a large volute krater of heavy fabric. Tongue pattern around base of neck. The upper part of a garlanded male head, left; in front, the flame of a torch added in red. Letters in ... 14 April 1939 ... a) From the shoulder of a large volute krater of heavy fabric. ... In front of her, a phiale and the staff of a flowering scepter, one or both held by Triptolemos facing the goddess. Relief contour throughout. The hair of the loop over the goddess' temple rendered in raised dots.

Agora XXX, no. 238

Four non-joining fragments, a -- c of shoulder, d of neck. Glaze misfired slightly on tongue pattern on fragment a. From a very large krater. Max. dim. a) 0.127, b) 0.15, c) 0.089, d) 0.093. G. Schwarz, ... Ca. 460 B.C ... V 200; Hayashi, Triptolemosbildes, p. 142, cat. no. 59. Triptolemos. Fragment a preserves the upper part of Zeus' face and wreathed head, the god facing to left. ... In front of her is a bit of the scepter (shaft) and a small branch held in one hand by Triptolemos and part of the phiale held in the other, presumably the right. ... A 33). 238 must have been one of the grandest of the Triptolemos scenes, resplendent with two Olympians who are almost never present in this mythological illustration.