APC Image: AK 1009: Black-figured plate sherds. Top left: Fragment of the foot and centre and the start of the rim of a plate, with a ridge at the point of junction, on the upper side. Man and woman. The head and the upper part of the breast of a draped and bearded man to right; the long hair, the right shoulder and the neck of a woman also to right. Traces of an exergue at the top of the picture. Ca. 550 B.C, or early middle of the sixth century. Top row second from left and bottom row left and center: Three fragments of the center of a plate. A quadriga to right. The top fragment shows the middle of the charioteer bending forward; part of his elbow shows at the right; on his back, a Boeotian shield. The bottom left fragment shows the wheel of the car and part of the ivy of the ground line. The bottom centre fragment shows the forepart of the horses and the feet of a man accompanying the quadriga, and more of the ivy. Late sixth century B.C.(?). Top row third and fourth fragment: Two fragments of the foot and centre of a plate. A man to right: his lower leg, with two ends of drapery hanging behind, and two stalks of the vine in the field behind him, with traces of some unidentifiable object below. Early fifth century B.C.(?). Top right: Fragment of the center and ridged foot of a plate. An archer(?). The upper part of the head of a man to right. Behind him a quiver (?). A vine spray in the field; as border, two rows of alternating dots. Late sixth - early fifth centuries B.C. Middle Left: Fragment of the centre and the ridged foot of a plate. A quadriga to right with Eros (?) flying above to left with a hare in his hands. The dark object above the backs of the horses is the trunk of the vine. Very similar to Acropolis 2446. The two plates must be from the same workshop. Late sixth-early fifth centuries B.C. Middle centre: Fragment of the rim and centre of a plate. On the reserved ground of the interior is the inscription VC; traces of a chain of buds on the rim. Cursive sigmas occur later in the fifth century by the Sabouroff painter, where both kinds of sigma are used. As further evidence of the fluctuating state of the alphabet of the time, see the omega on Acropolis 1042. First quarter of the fifth century B.C(?). Bottom right: Fragment of centre, foot and rim of a plate. The lower part of a woman running to the right. Although her position is a very contorted one, she undoubtedly has twisted herself around so that her hand grasps the tendril of the palmette design at the left side. Thus the ambiguous object hanging down from above and ending below at the level of her right knee must be a fold of her cloak. The "near" hem of her skirt is only faintly incised; the upper line of the leg marks the place where it begins. Beginning of the fifth century B.C.