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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob L., post: 8229189, member: 56976&quot;]Here are examples from my collection. While most of these may rightly be referred to as sherds, I suppose some folks would opt to refer to the more substantial pieces as, simply, “fragments”. I’m thinking here about the dolium piece, the amphora handles, and the figural blackware handle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446494[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherd: Mayan</p><p>Honduras, possibly Ulua region</p><p>Late Classic, c. 550 – 900 AD</p><p>120 mm (w) x 57 mm (h)</p><p>(4.75” x 2.25”)</p><p>Polychrome fragment with complex patterning. Old sticker suggests a date of c. 250 AD (Early Classic). However, based on cursory research, I believe the sherd more likely dates to the Late Classic period.</p><p>Ex-NY private collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446495[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one made my 2021 top ten list.</p><p>Sherd: Greek</p><p>c. 5th century BC</p><p>44 mm x 28 mm</p><p>(1.75” x 1.1”)</p><p>Red-figure pottery sherd depicting a winged female…Nike?</p><p>Ex-Connecticut private collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446496[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherd: Greek</p><p>c. 5th – 4th century BC</p><p>31.75 cm (w) x 20 cm (h)</p><p>(12.5” x 7.87”)</p><p>Upper portion of a large amphora, recovered from the Black Sea off the coast of the village of Koblevo/Kobleve in southern Ukraine, an area corresponding to Olbia in antiquity. Olbia was an important ancient Greek colony in southern Ukraine, founded in the 7th century BC, located on the northern Black Sea coast.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446497[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherd: Greek</p><p>c. 5th – 4th century BC?</p><p>21.3 cm x 13.97 cm</p><p>(8.4” x 5.5”)</p><p>Amphora handle, southern Ukraine, Olbia region.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446498[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherds: Greek</p><p>c. 5th century BC</p><p>Calpe, Spain</p><p>Greek colonial blackware potsherds. These were surface finds (by the previous owner) from 1966 at the Penyal d’lfac in Calpe, Spain. This coastal site was close to the speculated location of Alonis, a Greek settlement mentioned by ancient authors including Stephanus of Byzantium.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446500[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherds: Greek</p><p>c. 5th century BC</p><p>Various sherds, some blackware; includes the neck and lip of, perhaps, a squat lekythos, and the fragmented body of a small lekythos.</p><p>Ex-Connecticut private collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446502[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherds: Roman</p><p>Left:</p><p>Fragment of oil lamp discus with hind legs of a boar. Some soot and encrustations.</p><p>c. 1st – 2nd century AD</p><p>57.2 mm (w) x 82.6 mm (l)</p><p>(2 ¼” x 3 ¼”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Right top:</p><p>Terra sigillata fragment with running hare motif.</p><p>c. 1st – 2nd century AD</p><p>38 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Right center:</p><p>Terra sigillata fragment with floral motif and other decorative elements – perhaps including stylized lion’s head atop staff?</p><p>c. 1st – 2nd century AD</p><p>48 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Right bottom:</p><p>Terra sigillata fragment with leaf motif.</p><p>c. 1st – 2nd century AD</p><p>41 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446503[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherds: Greek</p><p>c. 5th century BC</p><p>Sherds, most blackware, from Olbia.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446504[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherd: Greek</p><p>c. 4th century BC</p><p>13.4 cm (5.3”)</p><p>Apulian figural blackware handle from a large jug, head (of Zeus?) at its base.</p><p>Ex-Private collection from the 1960s</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446505[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sherd: Etruscan</p><p>c. 6th century BC</p><p>11.5 cm (w) x 15.9 cm (h)</p><p>(4.5&quot; x 6.25&quot;)</p><p>Fragment from the shoulder of a large dolium, decorated with two registers of animals above vertical fluting.</p><p>Ex-Spoelstra family collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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