The Attic black-figured pottery in the collection of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens

Abstract

This article presents the first detailed catalogue of the black-figured pottery fragments in the collection of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. Most of this fragmentary material was collected by Walther Wrede and published in part by Frank Brommer in 1972 and 1975. The material derives from a variety of shapes, predominantly cups and lekythoi, that can be attributed to a number of painters from the Athenian Kerameikos. A majority of the pieces date from the last decades of the sixth and the first decades of the fifth century B.C. Many of the fragments are of known provenance; most were found in Athens (Athenian Acropolis) and Attica, while few come from other sites on the Greek mainland (Thessaloniki, Tiryns) or from the islands (Kythnos, Paros). In addition to the catalogue of fragments, the article also gives an overview of the shapes, painters and iconographic themes of the material, as well as a catalogue of find sites.