Amphora
30-33-133
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 30-33-133 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Late Geometric IIB |
| Date Made | 720-700 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Geometric |
| Iconography | Funeral | Funerary | Game | Chariot | Warriors | Spears | Shields | Helmets | Sword? | Snakes | Deer | Chariots | Charioteers |
| Description | Neck, A&B, a panel of 3 warriors (helmet, shield, 2 spears, and sword(?)) advancing to right on one side to left on the other. Handle sone: deer advancing to left on both sides. Continuous zone around mid-body: 4 chariots advancing to right with charioteers & warriors for each. Zone of maeander just below lip, another between handle zone and body zone. Plastic snakes around lip; vertically on outside of handle; and between handle zone and base of neck. Buff clay, glaze shading from black to brown. |
| Height | 51.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930 |
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