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Overview of two joining fragments. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Drawing. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Attic Black Figure Band Skyphos Fragment
Monograph 10: The Corinthian, Attic, and Lakonian Pottery from Sardis
(1997)
Cat. Att 86
- Date
- Ca. 550 BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- P84.035
- Material
- Ceramic
- Object Type
- Pottery
- Pottery Shape
- Band Skyphos
- Pottery Ware
- Attic Black Figure
- Pottery Attribution
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- MMS
- Trench
- MMS/N 84.1
- Locus
- MMS/N 84.1 Locus 18
- B-Grid Coordinates
- ca. E137.5 - E144.5 / S10.8 - S16 *97.4
- Description
- Two joining fragments. Above band, the palmette and tendril from near the handle, and next to it, the wing, tail, feet, and part of the body of a siren. Added purple on the heart of the palmette, on the tail feathers, and for tiny dots on the belly. The bird feet are in dilute glaze. Part of the second reserved band is preserved below. The cup appears to have been burned.
- Dimensions
- P.H. 0.035; P.W. 0.052; Th. 0.0025.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Published: BASOR Suppl. 25 (1987) 48, n. 24. For siren, Boston MFA 61.1073; ABFV fig. 120; Paralipomena 69.
- Author
- NHR