Neck Amphora

Amphora

MS4834

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4834
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made ca. 540-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Athena | Arms | Girl | Shield | Dionysos | Goat | Warfare
Description

A, left to right, Dionysos and goat, both facing right; maenad, facing left. B, Two Amazons. Missing: all of base, a large part of body and minor parts of the neck, one handle and lip. E. Dohan (Museum Journal 4, pp. 147-161) states that this object is from Orvieto.

Height 42.3 cm
Outside Diameter 28.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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