Neck Amphora
L-64-39
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Greece
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-39 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Greece |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Creator | Group of Compiègne 988 |
| Date Made | ca. 530 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Dionysos | Maenad | Satyr | Hermes | Chariot |
| Description | A) Dionysos. wearing an ivy wreath and holding a kantharos and a goad, steps up into his chariot. B) Dionysos, wearing an ivy wreath and holding a kantharos, stand to right, and a maenad faces him. They are flanked by a satyr and Hermes, carrying his caduceus. who walks right but turns round left. Vine branches in the field on both side A and B. Palmette-lotus chain on neck, palmettes under handles, and upright lotus buds with dots in the interstices below the panels. |
| Height | 44.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 27.2 cm |
| Other Number | 82-113 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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