Amphora

MS5464

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Greece | Attica | Athens

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5464
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Attic
Provenience Greece | Attica | Athens
Manufacture Location Attica
Period Geometric Period
Date Made 720-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Geometric
Iconography Funeral | Funerary | Game | Chariot | Dancer | Man | Woman
Description

Neck, A: 6 men dancing, with branches, advancing to right. Neck, B: 5 women dancing, with branches, advancing to right. Mid-body: continous zone, warriors (helmets, shields, two spears) advancing to right. Plastic snakes around lip; vertically on outside of handles; and at very top of shoulder.

Height 63.8 cm
Outside Diameter 30.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from E. Canessa, 1916

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