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    Overview of handle and neck fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Date
late 6th C. BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P63.274
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
PN
Trench
PN
B-Grid Coordinates
W234 - W247 / S342 - S345 *88.85 - 88.3
Description
Handle and neck fragment of a belly amphora. Handle broken off at stump, but broad black line on each side partly preserved. Palmette at right has schematized petals and fine outline. Part of a similar palmette preserved at left. Interior black glazed.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.043; P.W. 0.054; Th. 0.004.
Comments
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Author
NHR