An Attic Black-Fiqure Amphora from circa 550BC-500BC and consequently this container may have been made in the late Archaic era of Ancient Greece. (B side decoration) Two horses, a chariot with two men upon it. A hoplite stands to the side of the chariot beside a bearded man. A fifth man waits before the horses. Between the early seventh and mid fourth centuries BC the Greeks adopted a form of warfare which set them apart from others. The hoplite wearing protective armour and carrying a large round shield, long spear and sword, fought in a phalanx, a tight formation which presented a wall of overlapping shields to the enemy Height 26cm Inventory number :HARGM 3804 References Sally Waite, Aquiring Antiquity Greek and Cypriot Pottery From The Harrogate Collection (Harrogate Borough Council guidebook,2014)