Fragment of an Attic black-figure hydria showing a standing man, a running man and flying bird.
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail.
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece; excavated at Naukratis, Egypt
Date: about 560-540 BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Object number: 910X234.26
DescriptionFragment from the shoulder of an Attic hydria, decorated in black figure technique with the remains of a standing male figure, a running man who is possibly a warrior wearing greaves, and a flying bird. In the lower register of decoration which would have covered the body of the hydria are the remains of the tops of a man's head, a spear point and a woman's head.
