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Amphora
| Object Number: | MS4833 |
| Current Location: | Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Faliscan Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Orvieto Narce |
| Manufacture Location: | Attica |
| Maker: | Group E |
| Period: | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made: | c. 550-540 BC |
| Early Date: | -550 |
| Late Date: | -540 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Black Figure |
| Iconography: | Warrior Chariot Woman Child Theseus Minotaur Ariadne? Warfare |
| Outside Diameter: | 32cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
Description
A, warrior leaving home, with chariot. Chariot heading left. At least two male figures are behind the horses. A woman and a warrior at the horses' heads. Woman puts hand on shoulder of a child. B, Theseus and the Minotaur. Theseus and the Minotaur are centrally placed. 5 onlookers, two to the left and three to the right. Four are male; one, to left of Theseus, is female (Ariadne?). E. Dohan in Museum Journal 4 (4): 147-161, believes this object is really from Orvieto.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project. | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Brommer, Frank. 1960. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 176, no. 30 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Beazley, John D. 1978. Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 138, no. 7 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 74, no, 112 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Dohan, Edith H. 1913. Attic Vases from Orvieto. The Museum Journal. 4 (4): 147-161. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 149-152, figs. 129a,b | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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