Sherd

60-19-95

From: Greece | Argolid | Argive Heraeum

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 60-19-95
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece | Argolid | Argive Heraeum
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Description

Wall fragment of closed vessel. Left leg of a male, perhaps a satyr. striding or running to left, preserved from just above knee downward, heel missing. An animal's tail, probably a horse tail, is painted across leg just below knee. Red: line on tail. To right of leg is part of a spiral ornament. Toes rest on a wheel-glazed line; a second such line partly preserved below. Interior unglazed. Traces of glue on left edge of sherd. Probably from a neck-amphora.

Width 6.5 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Edith Hall Dohan, 1960

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