Neck Amphora
MS1752
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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Object Number
MS1752
Current Location
Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture
Attic
Provenience
Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Manufacture Location
Attica
Date Made
Late 6th c. BCE
Section
Mediterranean
Materials
Ceramic
Technique
Black Figure
Iconography
Amazon | Horse | Heracles | Animal
Description
A, Herakles, at the left, with sword, in combat with two Amazons, one erect the other falling. B, Two Amazons, each on horseback, each accompanied by a dog, ride to right. Complete.
Height
40.3 cm
Outside Diameter
26.5 cm
Credit Line
Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number
911(?) - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
The Perseus Project View related objects
Bundrick, Sheramy. Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery . Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2019. See: pp. 172-173, fig. 6.8
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Uhlenbrock, Jaimee P. Herakles: Passage of the Hero through 1000 years of Classical Art . Aristide D. Caratzas, 1986. See: pl. 15
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Shapiro, H. A. "Amazons, Thracians, and Scythians." Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 24, no. 2. (1983): 105-114. See: p. 111; pl. 4
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Brommer, Frank. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage . 2nd ed. Marburg/Lahn, N. G. Elwert, 1960. See: p. 9, no. 90
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von Bothmer, Dietrich F. Amazons in Greek Art . Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. See: p. 49, no. 110; p. 101, no. 122, pl. XXXVIII 5, LXIII 4
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Rambo, Eleanor F. "Stories on Greek Vases ." The Museum Journal 13, no. 1. (1922): 79-86. See: pp. 79-86, fig. 29
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Luce, Stephen B. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section
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Luce, Stephen B. "The Museum Journal ." Museum Journal (December), no. 2. (1917): 145-155. See: fig. 54-55
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