Amphora
MS2489
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2489 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 550 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Athena | Spear | Helmet | Aegis | Shield | Men | Dancers | Tripod |
| Description | Amphora Type B. Restored from many fragments, some in plaster. Reserved: underside of foot: lower wall: panel A&B; top of lip. Red lines: around outer edge of foot; Bordering reserved area on lower wall; at level of bottom panels; bordering top of panels; around neck above upper handle attachment; at top of inside lip. Ray pattern in reserved area of lower wall. Panel A: Athena with spear and helmet, aegis and shield facing left, tripod on the ground in front of her. At either side a cloaked male figure facing inward. Panel B: Three nude males dancing, the two outer ones facing inward, the central one facing right. |
| Height | 33.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 22 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 951 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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