Amphora
48-30-2
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-30-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Creator | Praxias Group |
| Date Made | 480 BCE to 450 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Superposed Color |
| Iconography | Death of Aegisthus | Aegisthus | Orestes | Female Figures | Warfare |
| Description | decoration in superposed color; Praxias Group; scene of death of Aegisthus? Clytemnestra. A: L. to R.: Male figure facing right, holding a diagonal spear in 1. hand: Orestes, scabbard in 1. hand, sword in right, attacking Aegisthus who is semi-reclining on the floor; behind Aegisthus a female figure raises double axe above head. B: 4 female figures all facing left, arms raised or outstretched in various ways. Intact. Color in general well preserved though it has disappeared in some places. |
| Height | 37 cm |
| Length | 29 cm |
| Width | 36.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Annie May Hegeman, 1948 |
| Other Number | L-3-4 - Old Loan Number |
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