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

Attic Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Date
Ca. 560 or a little earlier, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P82.001
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Amphora
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-I 82.B
B-Grid Coordinates
E147.6 / S65 *102.21
Findspot
threshold; floor level fill
Description
Fragment, wall of an amphora or hydria. A woman walking left on a ground line. Her skirt has added purple and the lower part is decorated by incised triangles, making a zigzag pattern between double bands. The feet were white. To her left, part of a floral tendril.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.025; P.W. 0.033; Th. 0.004.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
NHR