Sherd

Column Krater

49-32-51

From: Greece | Attica | Athens

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 49-32-51
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens
Manufacture Location Attica
Locus Agora
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Description

Body fragment, probably of a column-krater. Exterior: below a compartmented tongue pattern (immediately below the transition to the shoulder of the vase), a sphinx, a siren or other winged animal. Wing drawn with incision. Purple used for the forepart of the wing and for (alternate ?) tongues. Interior glazed.

Thickness 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 7.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Greek Department of Antiquities, 1949

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