Neck Amphora
30-44-4
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 30-44-4 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Date Made | 450-430 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Red Figure | Inscribed |
Iconography | Hector | Woman | Oinochoe | Priam | Warriors |
Description | Neck amphora (with twisted handles). A) Hector leaving home. L. to r., woman, oinochoe in right hand at side, standing, facing right; old man, Priam (name inscribed over his head, see cat.card), standing, facing right, bald, white hair and beard, supporting himself on stick (with top cross-bar), vertical; warrior (helmet, shield, spear), presumably Hector; youth facing left, wearing short cloak and pointed hat, holding two spears vertically in front of him. B) youth leaving home. L to r., woman facing right, holding phiale; youth facing her, wearing short cloak, had behind shoulder, holding spear vertically; old man (bald) facing left, holding stick with top cross-piece. Complete, reconstructed from large pieces. |
Height | 55 cm |
Outside Diameter | 27.3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Georges Nicole, 1930 |
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