Amphora
MS4833
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4833 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Archaic Greek | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Creator | Group E |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made | ca. 550-540 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Warrior | Chariot | Woman | Child | Theseus | Minotaur | Ariadne? | Warfare |
| Description | A, warrior leaving home, with chariot. Chariot heading left. At least two male figures are behind the horses. A woman and a warrior at the horses' heads. Woman puts hand on shoulder of a child. B, Theseus and the Minotaur. Theseus and the Minotaur are centrally placed. 5 onlookers, two to the left and three to the right. Four are male; one, to left of Theseus, is female (Ariadne?). Near Group E: Various. |
| Outside Diameter | 32 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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