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Overview of shoulder fragment. (©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 7
- Date
- Ca. 540-530 BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P65.047
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Amphora
- Pottery Ware
- Attic Black Figure
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- PN
- Trench
- PN
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W285 - W290 / S325 - S330 *86.70 - 86.20
- Description
- Shoulder fragment of a neck amphora. Head of a man and a woman, both in profile; the man's head is seen behind the woman's. His silhouette is outlined by incision, which is used also for details. The white paint on the beard is now lost. Two parallel lines may indicate a fillet. The profile and details of the woman are outlined, and she was originally painted white over the black.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.024; P.W. 0.034; Th. 0.004.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- For the type of composition, see CVA New York MMA 4, pl. 18, nos. 1 and 2, by Exekias.
- Author
- NHR