Neck Amphora
Amphora
MS4834
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4834 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 540-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Athena | Arms | Girl | Shield | Dionysos | Goat | Warfare |
| Description | A, left to right, Dionysos and goat, both facing right; maenad, facing left. B, Two Amazons. Missing: all of base, a large part of body and minor parts of the neck, one handle and lip. E. Dohan (Museum Journal 4, pp. 147-161) states that this object is from Orvieto. |
| Height | 42.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 28.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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