• m10-att-42-10
    Overview of neck and shoulder fragment. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m10-att-42-20
    Drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Attic Black Figure Column-Krater Fragment

Date
Ca. 570-560 BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
P90.022
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Column Krater
Pottery Ware
Attic Black Figure
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/S
Trench
MMS/S 90.C
Locus
MMS/S 90.C Locus 14
B-Grid Coordinates
E105.6 / S151.8 *113.22
Description
Fragment of the neck and shoulder of a column-krater (?). Neck is black. On shoulder, tongue pattern, alternating black and added purple. A warrior wielding a spear and wearing a crested helmet, to right. Added purple and elaborate zigzag pattern at the base of the crest. At left, the tip of a plant. Interior black.
Dimensions
P.H. 0.06; P.W. 0.062; Th. 0.006.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Published: AASOR 52 (1994) 21, fig. 22, and 35, n. 14, dated by G. Bakır.
Author
NHR