Three non-joining wall fragments. Reserved band on inside at top of P 110. Max. dim. P 104: 0.103, P 110: 0.087, P 2223: 0.07. Prange, Niobidenmaler, p. 209, cat. no. GN 15, pl. 21 (P 110 is mispoised).

Upper zone: fight. P 110 shows a warrior (most of helmeted head, a little of left arm with round shield seen in three-quarter view from the inside) to right, attacking another with a spear. All that remains of his opponent is a bit of his helmet (end of cheekpiece and a bit of the nasal[?]) and at the break, a little of his shield, a round one seen in profile (device uncertain), as well as the end of his spear pointing upward slightly, suggesting that he uses it as a thrusting weapon. P 104 preserves somewhat more of this zone: a bit of the rim of a round shield, three pteryges of a corslet, the skirt of a chiton, and the bent knee of a fallen warrior. Below, stopped-maeander pattern with saltire-squares separating the two zones. Lower zone: P 104 shows the wreathed head and shoulders of a king to left, dressed in a himation and holding a scepter. He is probably seated. Behind him is a crescent-shaped object. P 2223 preserves the upper part of a woman clad in a chiton and himation, a sphendone and wreath on her head; also an earring. Behind her, the left hand of the next figure. Above, reserved line at lower edge of maeander pattern. Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: folds on skirt of warrior's chiton. Rim of shield on P 104 incised (compass-drawn).

For the shield with reserved rim and black interior, see Chicago 22.2197 in the manner of the Niobid Painter (ARV2 610, 21; Addenda 268; Prange, Niobidenmaler, p. 212, cat. no. GN 35). The crescent-shaped object at the right of P 104 in the lower register may be one frond of a palm tree. See, e.g., the ones on the hydria in the Vatican, 17882, by the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (ARV2 614, 11; Prange, p. 221, cat. no. GN 76, pls. 18, 19). The position of the fallen warrior in the upper register of P 104 may have been similar to one on the dinos by the Altamura Painter in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 52 (ARV2 590, 10 bis; 1660; Paralip. 394; Addenda 264; Prange, p. 160, cat. no. A 20, pl. 54 [fallen warrior on right]).

Manner of the Niobid Painter (ARV1 424, 5); Near the Painter himself (ARV2 609, 7: incorrectly given as P 223).