APC Image: AK 1082Fragments of Black-figured vases. Left top: Fragment from the shoulder and side of a lekythos. On the side, a youth; on the shoulder, a feline. The head of the youth is preserved, and the upper zigzag border of his chiton. Above, on the shoulder, is part of the paw of a feline to right. Ca. 550 B.C. Left, central sherds: Three fragments of the shoulder and side of a hydria. The panel on the side is topped and flancked with ivy border. The horses on the shoulder (top fragment) belong at the right of the chariot wheel (on the middle fragment) and together they form a quadriga. The bit of drapery in the bottom fragment belongs at the left of the panel on the side, to a figure taking only a silent part in the music. The citharoedus probably stood in the middle. Vines in the field, both on shoulder and side. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Left bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. Parts of the heads of all four horses of the quadriga are preserved. The third head (and probably the first) were in front view. Usually two, if any, of the horses turn their heads. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Center top: Fragment of the shoulder and side of a hidria. Quadriga in front view. The charioteer's cloak hangs in the field at the right and the reins radiate out from his hand; at the side, ivy; on the shoulder the legs of a man running to the right. The heads of the horses are in an unusally confining position. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Center middle: Fragment of the slightly convex, side of a deinos. Parts of the two horses and their riders. At the top is the line dividing the zone from the next one above. The rider at the right is clad in a short chiton and holds a spear in his right hand. Ca. 560-550 B.C. Center bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. A fragment of the neck and body of the near horse, with the torso of a man bending forwards. The other system of lines are: the three parallel lines at the level of the horses, which can be explained as reins drawn taut; the two parallels over the man's elbow, which can be a goad held in the man's left hand or the separate rein of one of the horses behind; and the lines passing under the man's right arm can perhaps be a shield strap. The man may possibly be interpreted as the charioteer standing in the car while the horses are being led up for the harnessing, or he may be driving another quadriga in the lead of the first team. The white space behind the man represents the chiton of a second figure in the same car. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Right top: Two fragments of the top and the start of the side of the lid. On the top are parts of two swans (?) to right. The bird on the right has spread its wings; filling ornament in the field. On the lower sherd, a swan (?) to left. "Ribbon" pattern around the side of the lid. Ca. 560 B.C. Right third down: Fragment from the side of an amphora. The face and most of the raised left arm of a bearded man to right. Below are the stiff fingers of an extended right hand. At the right, running downwards, the letters DO. Beazley suggests that this fragment is from a panathenaic amphora like the amphora in Toronto with a foot-race on the reverse. The lower hand would then belong to a figure behind. Ca. 560-550 BC. Right bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. The lower part of the figure remains, with part of the folds of himation hanging free over a tight chiton. At the left are the breast and upper forelegs of an animal seemingly feathered like a bird but more possibly to be interpreted as a goat, and thus the figure is Dionysos. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C.
Object Description:   Fragments of Black-figured vases. Left top: Fragment from the shoulder and side of a lekythos. On the side, a youth; on the shoulder, a feline. The head of the youth is preserved, and the upper zigzag border of his chiton. Above, on the shoulder, is part of the paw of a feline to right. Ca. 550 B.C. Left, central sherds: Three fragments of the shoulder and side of a hydria. The panel on the side is topped and flancked with ivy border. The horses on the shoulder (top fragment) belong at the right of the chariot wheel (on the middle fragment) and together they form a quadriga. The bit of drapery in the bottom fragment belongs at the left of the panel on the side, to a figure taking only a silent part in the music. The citharoedus probably stood in the middle. Vines in the field, both on shoulder and side. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Left bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. Parts of the heads of all four horses of the quadriga are preserved. The third head (and probably the first) were in front view. Usually two, if any, of the horses turn their heads. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Center top: Fragment of the shoulder and side of a hidria. Quadriga in front view. The charioteer's cloak hangs in the field at the right and the reins radiate out from his hand; at the side, ivy; on the shoulder the legs of a man running to the right. The heads of the horses are in an unusally confining position. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Center middle: Fragment of the slightly convex, side of a deinos. Parts of the two horses and their riders. At the top is the line dividing the zone from the next one above. The rider at the right is clad in a short chiton and holds a spear in his right hand. Ca. 560-550 B.C. Center bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. A fragment of the neck and body of the near horse, with the torso of a man bending forwards. The other system of lines are: the three parallel lines at the level of the horses, which can be explained as reins drawn taut; the two parallels over the man's elbow, which can be a goad held in the man's left hand or the separate rein of one of the horses behind; and the lines passing under the man's right arm can perhaps be a shield strap. The man may possibly be interpreted as the charioteer standing in the car while the horses are being led up for the harnessing, or he may be driving another quadriga in the lead of the first team. The white space behind the man represents the chiton of a second figure in the same car. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Right top: Two fragments of the top and the start of the side of the lid. On the top are parts of two swans (?) to right. The bird on the right has spread its wings; filling ornament in the field. On the lower sherd, a swan (?) to left. "Ribbon" pattern around the side of the lid. Ca. 560 B.C. Right third down: Fragment from the side of an amphora. The face and most of the raised left arm of a bearded man to right. Below are the stiff fingers of an extended right hand. At the right, running downwards, the letters DO. Beazley suggests that this fragment is from a panathenaic amphora like the amphora in Toronto with a foot-race on the reverse. The lower hand would then belong to a figure behind. Ca. 560-550 BC. Right bottom: Fragment from the side of an amphora. The lower part of the figure remains, with part of the folds of himation hanging free over a tight chiton. At the left are the breast and upper forelegs of an animal seemingly feathered like a bird but more possibly to be interpreted as a goat, and thus the figure is Dionysos. Last quarter of the sixth century B.C.
Negative Number:   AK 1082
Category:   Pottery
Subcategory:   Vessel
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   24 X 18
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 252, fig. 19.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2118
Image Height:   2832