1977.216.2123.3: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2123.3
- Title
- Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- c. 520 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199128
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Bought in Orvieto in 1906.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.2123.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Old man (beard in added white, now faded) at left facing Scythian archer at right. Old man holds staff, archer holds bow. Portion of red rim of hoplite shield by archer's head (Hoplite missing). Probably from neck amphora.
Verification Level
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