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    Overview of wall fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
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    Drawing. (©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 3
Date
Ca. 560 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
NoEx90.002
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Close to Lydos (?)
Findspot
Retrieved from a box in the Manisa Museum. Findspot unknown, but presumably from the Hermus Valley region.
Description
Wall fragment of an amphora or hydria. Head of a dead man, eyes closed, teeth showing. The facial details are defined by incision, but behind the face, there is a dark circular area that appears to be his arm. The hair is defined by a wavy line, and details abound, including the moustache and parted lips which reveal triangular and square teeth. There is a small part of a limb (leg of a standing figure?) above and to the right of the head.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.05; P.W. 0.023; Th. 0.005--0.006.
Comments
Cf. Berlin, Staatliche Mus. 1685; ABV 109, 24; ABFV fig. 67.
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR

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