Cambridge University Press: The Italic People of Apulia

Chapter 3: Didier Fontannaz, Production and Functions of Apulian Red-Figure Pottery in Taras: New Contexts and Problems of Interpretation

If not specified, all fragments here come from Taranto and are conserved in the National Archeological Museum of Taranto.

WF 26: Map of Classical Taras. Housing/settlement area of the acropolis and Borgo Nuovo (green). The area to the east inside the walls is principally dedicated to the necropolis. In yellow, the location of kiln and clay production contexts of all periods. In green and red, wells and pits with Early Apulian red-figure pottery (D. Fontannaz, adapted from Lippolis 2002).
1. Via Cavour 28.
2. Pit-dump, at the corner of via D'Alò Alfieri and via Leonida, 10-14.05.1959.
3. Well 2, Corso Italia, 1992.
4. Well 111, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952.
5. Via Leonida 52.
6. Pit-dump, at the corner of via Leonida and via Dante, 28.04.1934.
7. Well 1, via Crispi, between via Dante and viale Virgilio, 13-17.01.1956.
8. Well, at the corner of via Umbria and Medaglie d'Oro, 13-16.07.1965.
9. Maritime Military Arsenal, probable location of red figure finds of the excavations in 1910s.

WF 27a: Hydria fragment by the Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl, Taranto, Museo Archeologico, without inventory number, from Saturo, Spring sanctuary, 16.04.1977. Head of a woman. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)

WF 27b: Fragment without inventory number by the Painter of the Berlin Dancing Girl, from Taranto, Corso Italia (SIP), well 2, 31.01.1992. Same context as WF 030. Head and chest of a youth (symposiast ?). (D. Fontannaz)

WF 27c: Fragment IG 227227 by the Sisyphus Painter, Arsenal "1912 ?". Unpublished. A woman fleeing a dragon (probably myth of Peleus and Thetis). (D. Fontannaz)

WF 28: Tomb 9, from Pezza Petrosa (chora of Taras). (From the CD of AttiTaranto 41, (Soprintendenza per I Beni Archeologici della Puglia)

WF 29: Sketch on a context sheet of a pit with "thousands" of votive miniature vases cut by another pottery deposit at the corner of via D'Alò Alfieri and via Leonida, 10-14.05.1959 (IG 116167-116597). (Soprintendenza per I Beni Archeologici della Puglia)

WF 30: Drilled skyphoi, without inventory number, Corso Italia (SIP), well 2, 31.01.1992. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)

WF 31: Calyx krater fragment from the well 111, Contr. Vaccarella, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
a. IG 54953, probably by the Lecce Painter. Satyr. Diam. 53 cm

WF 31: Calyx krater fragment from the well 111, Contr. Vaccarella, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
b. IG 54954, by the Lecce or the "Gorgoneion Painter" (see Fontannaz 2005, 142, near IG 124007, RVAp I 2/18). Pan, woman with a little panther or a cat (?). Diam. 46 cm

WF 31: Calyx krater fragment from the well 111, Contr. Vaccarella, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
c. IG 54951, by the Creusa Painter. Athena with youth. Diam. 29 cm

WF 31: Calyx krater fragments from the well 111, Contr. Vaccarella, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
d. IG 54955, by an "Early Lucanian" Painter (Mesagne Painter ?). Inscriptions: [M]em(m)non (with correction), Eos and O[dysseus ?]. Diam. 46 cm

WF 31: Calyx krater fragment from the well 111, Contr. Vaccarella, via G. Giovine, 8.04.1952. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
e. IG 54952, by the Arnò Painter. Satyr and Aphrodite (?). Diam. 53 cm

WF 32: Calyx krater fragments. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
a. IG 113628, from a pit, 9.03.1959, Contr. Lupoli, via Cugini. By the Lecce Painter. Dionysiac scene.

WF 32: Calyx krater fragments. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
b. Without inventory number, well 66, 24.02.1954, Contr. Vaccarella, via Abruzzo. By the Long Overfalls Painter. Dionysiac scene.

WF 33: Calyx krater fragment of the Middle Apulian style. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
a. Without inventory number, well 66, 24.02.1954, Contr. Vaccarella, via Abruzzo. By the Lycurgus Painter. Eros.

WF 33 (detail): Calyx krater fragments of the Middle and Late Apulian styles. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
a. Without inventory number, well 66, 24.02.1954, Contr. Vaccarella, via Abruzzo. By the Lycurgus Painter. Eros.

WF 33: Calyx krater fragments of the Middle and Late Apulian styles. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
b. IG 116581. Via D'Alò Alfieri and via Leonida, 10-14.05.1959. By a Late Apulian Painter.

WF 34: Map of the structures at via Leonida 52 with location of some stratigraphic units. (Modified from Dell'Aglio 1996)

WF 35: Via Leonida 52. (D. Fontannaz). In the stoke-hole of the kiln, sector A4-B4. q. 1.78 to 1.89m.
a. Owl skyphos IG 196264. Unpublished.

WF 35: Via Leonida 52. (D. Fontannaz). In the stoke-hole of the kiln, sector A4-B4. q. 1.78 to 1.89m.
b. Owl skyphos IG 196266. Unpublished.

WF 35: Via Leonida 52. (D. Fontannaz). US 1012, spits 14-15, in the stoke-hole of the kiln, sector A4-B4. q. 1.78 to 1.89m.
c. Fragments of a skyphos. IG 198570 with detail of the head of a winged figure. Intermediate Group (by the Schwerin Painter ?). Diam. 20.7 cm.

WF 35 (detail): Via Leonida 52. (D. Fontannaz). In the stoke-hole of the kiln, sector A4-B4. q. 1.78 to 1.89m.
c. Fragments of a skyphos. IG 198570 with detail of the head of a winged figure. Intermediate Group (by the Schwerin Painter ?). Diam. 20.7 cm.

WF 36: Via Leonida 52. Sarpedon Painter. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
a. Fragment of a big closed shape. IG 199436b. US 18, sector B2/C2-B3/C3, q 1.55 to 1.68m. Max. width 33 cm.

WF 36: Via Leonida 52. Sarpedon Painter. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz)
b. Fragment of a closed shape. Without inventory number. US 47, sector B3-B4, q 1.63 to 1.81m.

WF 37: Via Leonida 52. US 18 (D. Fontannaz)
Fragment of a closed shape. IG 51709. Test-piece with a head painted in silhouette technique.

WF 38: Test-piece with draw-hole. (D. Fontannaz)
Via Leonida 52, US 18:
a. Fragment of a calyx krater. IG 199436a. Charioteer and other male figure. Early Apulian painter (near Sarpedon Painter ?).

WF 38: Test-piece with draw-hole. (D. Fontannaz)
Via Leonida 52, US 18:
b. Fragment of a closed shape. IG 199439. Rosette.

WF 38: Test-piece with draw-hole. Unpublished. (D. Fontannaz)
Dump, contrada Carceri Vecchie, at the corner of via Dante and via Leonida, 28.04.1934:
c. Fragment of an open shape without inventory number. Centaur. Early Apulian Ornate style, near the Painterof the Birth of Dionysos

WF 38: Test-piece with draw-hole. Unpublished. (D. Fontannaz)
Dump, contrada Carceri Vecchie, at the corner of via Dante and via Leonida, 24.04.1934:
d. Fragment of skyphos without inventory number. Woman going to the left. Middle Apulian

WF 39: Via Leonida 52. Unpublished. (D. Fontannaz)
a. Fragmentary skyphos IG 198568, with cracked base. US 1012, spits 12-15. Early Apulian skyphos (near the Hearst Painter). Victorious youth.

WF 39 Via Leonida 52. (D. Fontannaz)
b. Fragments of an open shape, IG 199396. US 1012, spits 10-12. By the Hoppin Painter.

WF 40 a-c: Taranto, Contr. Vaccarella, at the corner of via Umbria and Medaglie d'Oro, 13-16.07.1965 kiln firing supports: (D. Fontannaz)
a. IG 124042 and 124041. Lid-type support, with painted inscription "LYKONOS". Diam. 17 cm; h. 6 cm.
b. IG 124044-46. Small supports with the inscription "LY-". min. width 5.6 cm; min. height min. 1.3 cm / max. width 6 cm; max. height 2.7 cm.
c. IG 124038. Support, ring-type with inscription "LY-". Diam max. 11.3; max. height 4 cm.

WF 41: From the Maritime Arsenal, 1913? (D. Fontannaz). IG 227164.
a. Unfinished fragment of a closed shape with a rider, a man and people inside a naiskos. Unfinished fragment?

WF 41: From the Maritime Arsenal, 1913? IG 227210. Unpublished (D. Fontannaz.)
b. Fragment of a closed shape with rider and horse in a naiskos.