APC Image: AK 0988Developed black-figured sherds. Top left: Small fragment of the side of a dinos. Quadriga running to the right. All outlines are incised. Ca. 560 B.C. Top center: Men on horses. The heads of two men face right, that of the third man faces them. In front of them the heads of two horses and part of the mane and neck of a third. Ca. 560 B.C. By the painter of Acropolis 627. Top right: A bit of the tongue pattern at the top, the head of the siren turned to the right, and parts of her wings. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Middle left: Part of the tongue border at the top. Below, the upper edge of a sickle wing with the feathers carelessly insribed. The animal faces toward the right. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Middle, second from left: Fragment from near the shoulder of a column krater(?). Part of the tongue border on top. Below, the back of a feline. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Group of Lydos(?). Middle, third from left: Fragment of the straight wall of a large vase (a kantharos?). The rear end of the quadriga; the objects at the right are the hind legs of the two horses at the right of the chariot pole (seen passing through the tails of the horses). Behind, the lower part of the drapery of a woman (Athena?) striding to the right. In the lower left corner, the head of a man fallen below the horses' feet. Athena is commonly represented in a gigantomachy as striding to the attack behind the horses of the quadriga. One of the giants (Enkelados?) has usually fallen beneath the horses' feet. Other fallen figures besides that of the giant lying under the forefeet of the horses are not uncommon in such scenes. Ca. 550 B.C. Middle, right: Fragment from the side of a large open vase. One paw and part of another of a feline to right; the ground line. Ca. 550 B.C. Bottom sherd: Fragment from the side of a large open vase. Most of the forepart of a boar to right. There apparently was a second zone below. Late.
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Object Description:   Developed black-figured sherds. Top left: Small fragment of the side of a dinos. Quadriga running to the right. All outlines are incised. Ca. 560 B.C. Top center: Men on horses. The heads of two men face right, that of the third man faces them. In front of them the heads of two horses and part of the mane and neck of a third. Ca. 560 B.C. By the painter of Acropolis 627. Top right: A bit of the tongue pattern at the top, the head of the siren turned to the right, and parts of her wings. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Middle left: Part of the tongue border at the top. Below, the upper edge of a sickle wing with the feathers carelessly insribed. The animal faces toward the right. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Middle, second from left: Fragment from near the shoulder of a column krater(?). Part of the tongue border on top. Below, the back of a feline. Second quarter of the sixth century B.C. Group of Lydos(?). Middle, third from left: Fragment of the straight wall of a large vase (a kantharos?). The rear end of the quadriga; the objects at the right are the hind legs of the two horses at the right of the chariot pole (seen passing through the tails of the horses). Behind, the lower part of the drapery of a woman (Athena?) striding to the right. In the lower left corner, the head of a man fallen below the horses' feet. Athena is commonly represented in a gigantomachy as striding to the attack behind the horses of the quadriga. One of the giants (Enkelados?) has usually fallen beneath the horses' feet. Other fallen figures besides that of the giant lying under the forefeet of the horses are not uncommon in such scenes. Ca. 550 B.C. Middle, right: Fragment from the side of a large open vase. One paw and part of another of a feline to right; the ground line. Ca. 550 B.C. Bottom sherd: Fragment from the side of a large open vase. Most of the forepart of a boar to right. There apparently was a second zone below. Late.
Negative Number:   AK 0988
Category:   Pottery
Subcategory:   Vessel
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 13
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 249, fig. 17.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2130
Image Height:   1560