APC Image: AK 1144: Black-figured amphora from Y-Z. Most of the vase is covered with a mottled red and black glaze. Above the base is a reserved band with a pattern of rays, and on either side of the body is a reserved panel. The clay is brick red and coarse, and seems to have contained some particles of limestone which turned to lime in the firing and caused the surface to flake off. Moreover, the vase was not properly polished before the glaze was applied. The marks of turning are clearly visible in many places. A youthful warrior with his chlamys over his left arm and his spear in his right hand advances to the right, looking back. He seems to have held something in his left hand, but it may be merely the poor rendering of the hand that gves this effect. In front and behind are draped figures holding spears, almost identical with the flanking figures on the opposite side.