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

Attic Black-Figure Lekythos Fragment

Date
470-450 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P61.175
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lekythos
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Beldam Painter (?)
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
B-Grid Coordinates
E0 - E1 / S91 - S92 *99.7 - 99
Description
Shoulder fragment. Palmette and tendrils with crude tongues above. The palmette is from the right of the handle. This scheme is used by both the Athena Painter (Athens NM 1133; ABL 175 and 246, no. 49, pl. 45:6) and the Beldam Painter; Att 29 is closer to the latter (cf. ABL 266, no. 6, pl. 51:3).
Dimensions
P.H. 0.023; diam. of shoulder 0.07; Th. 0.005.
Comments
For a similar palmette, ABL pl. 30:36. See also Kurtz, Lekythoi fig. 10:c.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR