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Overview of neck fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Attic Black Figure Amphora Fragment
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Att 9
- Date
- after 540 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P63.380
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Amphora
- Pottery Ware
- Attic Black Figure
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W5 - E5 / S115 - S120 to *100
- Description
- Neck fragment of a belly amphora. Addorsed lotus-palmette chain. Much incision and added purple on palmettes and lotus. From scene below, possibly a spear at left and a helmet crest at right. Unglazed on interior. The whole is turned gray by fire, but chemical analysis has confirmed its Attic origin (Appendix 2, sample AP 16a).
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.04; P.W. 0.059; Th. 0.005--0.008.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Author
- NHR