Neck Amphora
L-64-180
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Greece | Attica | Athens
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-180 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece | Attica | Athens |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made | 525-510 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Athena | Quadriga | Musician | Kithara | Apollo? | Phrygian Warrior | Music |
| Description | Neck amphora. Nearly complete: some minor restoration. A) Athena, at left, mounting chariot (quadriga) which is proceeding toward right. Behind chariot is a kithara player, presumably Apollo, in profile facing right. In center, behind horses, is an unidentifed female figure facing Apollo. B) Departure of warrior(?). In center is a male figure wearing a Phrygian cap. He evidently is carrying a helmet, a round shield and a spear. Facing him to left and to right are, respectively, a female and an old man. |
| Height | 39.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 25.9 cm |
| Other Number | 99-203 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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