Tyrrhenian Amphora

Neck Amphora

MS2522

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2522
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Manufacture Location Attica
Creator Timiades Painter
Date Made 575-550 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Achilles | Troilos | Polyxena | Fountain | Jar | Horse | Warriors | Dancers | Harpy | Sphinx | Panther | Sheep | Goat | Iliad | Pottery | Warfare | Warrior
Description

A: Achilles lying in wait for Troilos. Left to right, Achilles behind fountain; Polyxena with jar; Troilos on horseback; two warriors. B, Two dancers between two girl-cocks. Frieze below: harpy: 2 sphinxes: panther: sheep; Bottom frieze; panther;goat; panther; goat. Intact but unglazed surfaces badly eroded.

Height 39.5 cm
Outside Diameter 22.3 cm

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