Amphora

Object Number:

MS4834

Current Location:

Etruscan Italy Gallery

Culture:

Attic

Provenience:

Italy
Etruria
Orvieto

Manufacture Location:

Attica

Date Made:

c. 540-500 BC

Early Date:

-520

Late Date:

-500

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:

42.3cm

Outside Diamater:

28.5cm

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 192-193

[Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project.

[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76, No. 59

[Article] Dohan, Edith H. 1913. "Attic Vases from Orvieto". The Museum Journal. 4 (4): 147-161. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 147-161

[Book] Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, the British Museum. Vol. 8. : Page/Fig./Plate: B270, 3a

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